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COOS Love Podcast“Your face, Lord, Will I Seek”
The most basic revelation of God that we all experience is the desire for God. Every human being deep down wants to be close to the divine nature which created…
COOS Love PodcastYou Are the Light of the World
Jesus tells us that we are the light of the world, which means shining the light of God’s love in our current culture, which is cruel to immigrants. While we…
COOS Love Podcast“My Soul Waits for the Lord”
Psalm 130 talks about waiting for the Lord, and Jesus also teaches us to watch for God so that we can be prepared to receive God whenever and however God comes…
COOS Love Podcast“His Hands Have Molded the Dry Land”
God is the Creator of all, and being out in nature is a great way to connect with God. Many prominent Christian thinkers down through the centuries have…
COOS Love PodcastThe Sin of the World
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, the whole world. Not only does God forgive us, but God holds us blameless. Accepting that Christ…
COOS Love PodcastTreasure in Clay Jars
Psalm 103 tells us that God remembers that we are but dust, but God does more than have pity on our frailty: God uses our weakness to draw close to us.When we…
COOS Love PodcastLet It Be So Now: Choosing Consent When Life Interrupts
When Jesus comes to John for baptism, John resists, certain this is not how the story is supposed to go. Jesus responds with an invitation: “Let it be so…
COOS Love Podcast“He Remembers We Are But Dust”
Psalm 103 assures us that God understands the frailty of our human nature, but in Jesus God not only understands that frailty – he lives it. Christ embraces…
COOS Love PodcastHumble Enough to See the Light of Christ
The Epiphany is a beautiful story about the love of Christ being revealed to all people. While powerful forces in the world resist that, people who are humble…
COOS Love PodcastGod with Us, Again
Every Christmas, we return to a story we already know—angels and shepherds, a manger and a child, the message of God with us. We come back not because the…
COOS Love PodcastSaying Yes to Being Changed
Saying yes to God bearing Christ in us creates permanent, biological, ontological change - and that's exactly what Advent is inviting us into. Mary and…
COOS Love Podcast“My Soul Waits for the Lord”
Psalm 130 highlights one of the great themes of Advent: waiting for God. We remember how our ancestors waited for Christ, even as we continue to wait for the…
COOS Love PodcastLiving in the Gap
When John the Baptist finds himself imprisoned and uncertain, his question to Jesus echoes a familiar human experience: the painful space, the gap between what…
COOS Love PodcastPrayer is Spending Time
While there is no one right way to pray for others, if we desire to be channels of God’s love and power we will want to find ways to spend time in prayer. One…
COOS Love PodcastPreparing for Salvation
The only people who will welcome a savior are the people who know they need a savior. John the Baptist criticized the religious leaders of his day because they…
COOS Love Podcast“I Called to the Lord, and He Answered Me”
The Psalms assure us many times that God answers prayer, but what does that mean? We’ve all had the experience, for example, of praying for healing and not…
COOS Love PodcastReady for the Unexpected
Rather than fearing the unexpected, Advent invites us to ready ourselves in a way that helps us to recognize Christ’s presence in the midst of our ordinary…
COOS Love PodcastChrist the King: From Drag Shows to Drag Races
Jesus models a radically different kind of kingship and kingdom; one marked by mercy, servanthood, vulnerability and wide-open welcome. Through the lens of two…
COOS Love PodcastGod of the Living
Our fear of death often drives us to hold on too tightly - to build, achieve, or outlast. Yet Jesus points us toward a larger truth: that death has no power in…
COOS Love Podcast“Your Face, Lord, Will I Seek”
Many Psalms address our desire for God and our search for God. Psalm 27:11 reminds us that we seek the “face” of God, meaning to know God as God really is…
COOS Love PodcastOne
Mystics and saints through the centuries have affirmed a core truth of the New Testament: we are all one. In the midst of our diversity, with all our different…
COOS Love Podcast“I Put My Trust in Your Mercy”
Trusting in the mercy of God is a fundamental feature of the life of faith. Doing so does not prevent us from going through times of pain, but it does remind…
COOS Love PodcastWhen the Waiting Feels Too Long
Even when our prayers feel unanswered, God’s persistence never wavers. Jesus invites us through the story of the persistent widow to not lose heart but…
COOS Love PodcastDiscernment – The Importance of Community
Jesus formed a community because we need each other to grow in love and faith. One of the gifts that other people offer us is help with discernment. Sharing…
COOS Love PodcastThe Slow Speed of Gratitude
Giving thanks to God isn’t for God’s sake, it’s for ours. The story of the ten lepers reveals how gratitude transforms mere healing into true wholeness. While…
COOS Love PodcastDiscernment – Know the Tree by Its Fruit
One of the things we can do when trying to discern whether God is leading us to do something is to sit with the idea and see if it produces “good fruit.” If it…
COOS Love PodcastIncrease Our Faith?
While we may feel like we need more faith, Jesus assures us that we have the faith we need. Even faith the size of a mustard seed is enough to do wondrous…
COOS Love PodcastDiscernment – Knowing Yourself
Trying to discern whether God is speaking to us or leading us in a certain way requires knowing ourselves well. God is intimately close to our souls, our true…
COOS Love PodcastPraying for All in Authority . . . No Matter Who They Are
Jesus teaches that we should pray for everyone, and that includes all those in positions of authority. The Apostle Paul says the same thing in his first letter…
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Religion Should Lead to Love
We may cherish the outward forms of religion, but all true religion should lead us to deeper love. Our rituals, traditions, and doctrines are a means to a…
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The Jesus Prayer
The Jesus Prayer is a simple and effective way of praying continually. Developed by the early Christian monks beginning in the third century, it has been…
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Common Prayer
All forms of private prayer presuppose that we are also regularly involved in corporate prayer. Praying with others is an essential part of spiritual growth…
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Centering Prayer
Centering prayer (a modern title for an ancient practice) is about being with God in silence, without use of words or images. We use a prayer word to indicate…
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Praying with the Bible
We often approach the Bible intellectually and analytically, but the primary way the earliest Christian monks used the Bible was as a tool for prayer. The…
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Invitation to Intimacy
Prayer is not a religious obligation imposed on us by God, but an invitation to intimacy with God. The fullness of God already dwells within us, and God…
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Give Up the Burden of Self-Justification
When Jesus talks about relieving us of heavy burdens, the greatest burden of all is self-justification, the need to make ourselves feel like we are…
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Making the Most of our Embodied Existence
We are both spiritual beings and embodied creatures, a reality described in Genesis and perfectly revealed in Jesus Christ. We want to embrace the world as…
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Trusting in Christ
At baptism, we promise to “put our whole trust in Christ’s grace and love.” Faith is not a head trip: while we certainly want to be as intelligent as possible…
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We Love Because God First Loves Us
Jesus tells us that the greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. This could seem to be impossible, especially since we…
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The Gift of God’s Self to Us
In giving us the Holy Spirit, God gives us God’s very self. God is a generous giver, and through the Holy Spirit the fullness of the Holy Trinity lives and…
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The Holy Spirit is God’s Love moving Through Us
The biblical images of the Holy Spirit all involve movement. The Holy Spirit is not a static thing that we possess, but a dynamic flow of divine love. That…
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Don’t Compare Yourself With Others
Human beings are very good at comparing themselves with others, but doing so does not tend to make us happy. Comparing ourselves with others is especially…
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We Can Grow Spiritually
Human beings are capable of developing in many ways, including spiritually. Just as we can devote time and energy to exercising and honing our skills, we can…
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One With Each Other
We are not only one with Christ, we are one with each other. At the deepest level, our thoughts and feelings impact each other because we are one. That means…
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Listening in Silence
Having times of silence is essential to our spiritual well-being. Silence allows us to listen to ourselves and be aware of what we are really feeling and…
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Safe
One of the great gifts of the resurrection is knowing that we are held safely in God’s love forever. Having that security is essential for us to grow in love…
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Being Powerful
There is one way we can always be powerful: we can wield the power of loving intent. No matter where we are or what circumstances we are in, we can each moment…
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Being Powerless
None of us likes feeling powerless, but being powerless can be a crucial aid to spiritual growth. It is when we are most powerless that grace ‒ which is God’s…
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Welcome Our Troubles
Jesus teaches us not to worry, but not because we will never have difficulties.Living well means accepting the difficulties as they come and addressing them…
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Called to Pray
We are not called to pray as a religious obligation or because God will be angry with us if we don’t, but because prayer connects us with the Source of life…
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Love Those Who Hurt You
Jesus teaches us to love our enemies and bless those who hurt us, but that can be a difficult process that takes time and energy. Jesus tells us to do what it…
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Follow Your Path to Christ
Many Christians in our society like to argue that their way of following Christ and being church is the right way, and others are wrong. Such a mindset may…
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Beyond Words
The Church produces lots of words, words of liturgies, doctrines, sermons, and messages, but those words only have value insofar as they lead us to a Reality…
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Uniquely Gifted
God pours out spiritual gifts on all of God’s people. Each one of us is uniquely gifted, able to manifest God’s love in a way that no one else can. Our gifts…
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Cast Your Anxiety on God
Jesus tells us not to worry because God loves us and cares about us. There are practical steps we can do to help us trust in God’s love more fully. These…
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Trusting God
If we believe that we are here to have an easy life, free from pain, then it is hard to trust God because life is not always easy and pain-free. But if we…
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The Renewing Energy of God
While we may not always feel like we are a new creation, God’s limitless, ever-renewing energy is available to us each day and each moment. As we tap into the…
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Faith is an Attitude, Not a System
While people often look for religion to provide methods and systems, genuine faith and authentic prayer come not from a system but from an attitude of openness…
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Rekindle the Gift of God Within You
All of us have the Holy Spirit living within us, and the Apostle Paul tells us that we should rekindle that gift. Worship, prayer, and acts of service can help…