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Book review – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. May 22, 2016. May 27, 2016. If you love to read, publishers are putting out some great books this season, and I want to share with you some of them. So let’s get started! Two books on waiting have come out this spring from Zondervan and Crossway and I happen to know both of the authors! How cool is that? I’ve only read snippets of each book still waiting on my copies but I feel comfortable recommending these books. And where should she go from there?
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Advent – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. Hallmark, Idealization and the Gospel. December 5, 2015. The night after Thanksgiving I sat down to watch my first Hallmark Christmas movie of the season. My husband, who was close by in the living room and curious as to what I was watching, was struck by the perfectness of the main male and female characters. Everyone is perfect in this movie! I believe this desire for the ideal is something that God has placed in each of us in order to point to Hims...
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Is There Enough Room For Women In Vocational Ministry? – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. Is There Enough Room For Women In Vocational Ministry? April 10, 2015. April 14, 2015. It was humbling. And a little embarrassing. Hear the voice of the Lord call me into ministry? Or, was this a call born out of a desire to give my whole self to the Lord no matter what vocational form it took? Had I just wasted time and money training for something where there is no work for someone like me? To be sure all Christians are called to live an intentional...
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Call to Ministry – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. Category: Call to Ministry. Where are the mothers in the family of God? July 26, 2016. August 3, 2016. Last week I had lunch with my friend and minister, Deborah. Deborah said something during our lunch that I’ve heard her say before, but today it struck me a little differently. In egalitarian churches, this of course won’t be the case (at least probably not). In fact the opposite might be true: Where are the fathers? When we lived in England two year...
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Table #4: Do this in remembrance of me – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. Table #4: Do this in remembrance of me. April 15, 2014. September 7, 2014. 8220;This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19. What is the greatest sacrifice someone has made for you? If you had to list your top 5 greatest acts of love shown to you by someone else, what would they be? I was living on their kindness and hospitality, and their sacrificial love moved me deeply. It still does. An untypical Passover meal.
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I love you with my whole….liver? – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. I love you with my whole….liver? May 3, 2009. I don’t know about you but I love to doodle. I have been in school for 20 years, and I can look back over 20-years worth of class notes and find all around the edges of my paper little stars, smiley faces, trees, and yes, my most adored doodling character, hearts. For as long as I remember, hearts have signified that one, most sought after word –. The heart, especially in the book of Proverbs, is interchan...
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“Jesus Makes A Cross For You.” – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. 8220;Jesus Makes A Cross For You.”. June 13, 2015. July 20, 2015. Running from our sin. It’s a natural tendency to want to flee and hide when we are confronted with the reality of our own sinfulness and the ugliness of the sin. We want it etched from our memories. We want a fresh start. We long for forgiveness. I began a series on #GraceForTheSinner. Spoken in an almost pleading voice. By the end of the day, after I came to terms with my real Mother’s...
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Christian Life – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. Where are the mothers in the family of God? July 26, 2016. August 3, 2016. Last week I had lunch with my friend and minister, Deborah. Deborah said something during our lunch that I’ve heard her say before, but today it struck me a little differently. As I drove back to work from lunch, I thought about what Deborah said and I thought about most churches I know. In the family of God, we have lots of fathers. But where are the mothers? When we lived in ...
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ISIS and Boko Haram – Kristen Padilla
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Reflections on God, Scripture and the Christian Life. ISIS and Boko Haram. February 24, 2015. February 24, 2015. The following are some recent, relevant and resourceful articles and ideas regarding the pressing issues of ISIS and Boko Haram. I highly recommend it to you. In short, his answer (and mine! To this question is to pray for both and leave it up to God to decide. In this season of Lent, fast and pray specifically for those in harms way, both Christians and non-Christians. Broken, Aware of Sin, a...
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