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YouCat: The Lord’s Prayer

Learning to pray is a lot like learning to speak. In the same way as we learned to speak by copying what we heard others say, we can learn a…

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YouCat – The Way of Prayer

Brian Chalker once wrote that “People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.” Chalker is reminding us that certain people we encounter will only be…

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YouCat: Sources of Prayer

If something is important enough to us, we make time for it. It is amazing (and a little maddening for my wife) how I can always find time during the…

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YouCat: How to Pray (and why)

Most of us don’t floss as often as we should. When dentists ask the question “how often do you floss?” most of us answer “not nearly enough.”  It doesn’t matter…

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YouCat: Prayer in the Christian Life

Parenthood brings with it a lengthy to-do list. For the first while, we care for all our kids’ needs. As they grow, we help them learn to walk and talk,…

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YouCat – The 10th Commandment (Envy)

You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. One of the most memorable scenes from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace occurs when young Anakin Skywalker meets Yoda. Up to this…

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YouCat – The Ninth Commandment (on lust)

Since it’s wedged between the second story of creation (Genesis 2) and the fall of humanity (Genesis 3), we sometimes miss the importance of Genesis 2:25. There we read that…

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YouCat – The Eighth Commandment (Lying)

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” One of the most heartbreaking moments In C.S. Lewis’ classic novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe occurs when Edmund…

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YouCat: The Seventh Commandment (You Shall Not Steal)

Ocean’s Eleven tells the story of a gang of thieves led by George Clooney who get together to rob a Las Vegas casino of $160 million. It’s a memorable movie…

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YouCat – The Sixth Commandment (Adultery)

Update: In July, 2022, I was a guest on the Christian Circle Podcast, where I spoke on the original version of this article and the meaning of the 6th Commandment….

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Why be third? “Everybody in this pragmatic, cerebral society always wants to put himself first, and this cannot be done.  God doesn’t want me to do it.  God wants me to be third, never first.  God comes first, my neighbor second, and I am third.”

-Catherine Doherty, Sobornost

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