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Battle Ready: The Sword of the Spirit
Welcome to Holy Week, everyone! Today we unpack the Sword of the Spirit, which St. Paul tells us is the Word of God. We find it interesting to call the Sacred Scriptures a "sword," but that is what St. Paul calls it as he encourages us to take it up and wield it for good. Swords are used both o...
Battle Ready: The Helmet of Salvation
The helmet protects our heads, right? It's the first thing we reach for before climbing onto a bike or motorcycle. We protect our head because wounds to our head and brain can be life-threatening.
Likewise, we put on the Helmet of Salvation to protect our minds and guard our thoughts. The mind i...
Battle Ready: The Shield of Faith
The shield is meant to quench the flaming darts of the enemy. It takes faith to do this, but that faith must be strengthened by a relationship with God. When we actively look to strengthen our faith, working it as a muscle which must be used and toned, our shield is more impenetrable.
Prayer f...
Battle Ready: The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
Week four of our Lenten journey has us lacing up our shoes, specifically the shoes of the Gospel of Peace. While I would like to think that mine are a cute pair of strappy sandals, one thing I know for sure is that these shoes need to be worn every day.
The shoes are the one piece of armor tha...
Battle Ready: The Breastplate of Righteousness
Week Three of our Lenten series brings us to the Breastplate of Righteousness. As armor, the breastplate protects the chest and heart. The spiritual armor of the breastplate protects our heart from spiritual harm and the consequences of sin. We know that our own righteous acts are no match for ...
Battle Ready: The Belt of Truth
We are in our second week of Lent and closely examining the first piece of armor today - the belt of truth.
In Roman times, the soldier's belt was a versatile piece of equipment that combined practical functionality with symbolic importance, playing a vital role in both the soldier's daily lif...
Battle Ready: Stand
In today's episode, we explore Paul's encouragement to us to stand firm in the armor of God, that we "may withstand in the evil day." What does this mean, exactly...to stand? Aren't we donning armor so that we can go into battle?
St. Paul's encouragement to stand is his way of reminding us tha...
Season Two! Introduction to Battle Ready
We are back for Season Two and we are ready to go deep into spiritual warfare. Today we introduce our Lenten series, Battle Ready. For the next eight weeks we will discuss what it means to put on the armor of God, and what that might look like in our daily lives.
Lent officially begins next We...
Spiritual Direction
Today we are joined by Spiritual Director and fellow parishioner, Karen Dill, as she explains to us what spiritual direction is and how it can benefit each of us in our faith lives.
Moving Anchors: Navigating the Waters of Change
Change is hard. We all know it, and few of us really look forward to it. In this week's episode, we discuss some practical spiritual ways to prepare for change so that it is not so overwhelming. And we probably use this word waaaayyy too much, but the key is being intentional. Deliberate, even. ...
The Last Pew Hosts
Students of everything; masters of nothing.
KENDELL MARTINEZ
