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  [the mystery of the cross] part 4: the great conversion

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  The Cross and Early Religious Freedom As I look around today I see many people with the cross tattooed on their shoulder, worn around their neck, or in the window of a shop. It has become such a broad symbol for Christianity, also a broad symbol for eternal life. Just [...]

   
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  [the mystery of the cross] part 3: early signs of faith

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  I wear this cross around my neck, sometimes never giving it a thought. It is so much a part of me that I often take for granted what it represents. To me, it symbolizes my faith. But to early Christians, the cross held a much more complicated meaning. Judith Couchman [...]

   
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  [the mystery of the cross] part 2: the pain and the glory

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  The Cross and the Suffering Savior The first part of this section talks about Jesus carrying the cross to Golgotha.  It references the passage of scripture in Luke that talks about the man Simon who was stopped and asked to carry the cross the rest of the way for Jesus. [...]

   
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  [the mystery of the cross] part one: ancient echoes of Christ

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  the cross in pre-Christian times [three poems inspired by part 1 of the mystery of the cross] stones of callanish within grey mist beneath moss and bog stones were kept for time plus time no questions asked unearthed for fire decay for fuel mystery was lit it burns still dark [...]

   
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  [the mystery of the cross] introduction

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  I always find these projects to be encouraging, uplifting, and challenging. But this one seems more like an act of worship. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the primary focus of our discussion over the next few weeks is going to be on the cross of Jesus. [...]

   
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  [real-time connections] project wordle

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  One great book + ten amazing bloggers + one website with a mission = group blogging project awesomeness. Over 10,000 words written (not counting the comments), and we’ve generated some amazing conversation. About what? This project wordle is a sort of visual representation of what this conversation is all about. One [...]

   
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  [capture beauty] the water by kailey morgan

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  Why I see beauty here: The water is going only one way and you could not see the end of the stream of water anywhere. It felt like it was leading you somewhere unknown which drew the people passing by to stop and gaze out further than they could see. [...]