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margaret feinberg sent me her book, the sacred echo and i have been meaning to read and blog about it. when i received it in the mail work was super crazy and then i moved. well needless to say the book, along with all my other books were packed away. i have just now gotten [...]

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i like this.

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.002 bighearted

always giving

much more

This chapter tells a story of Margaret’s upbringing. Many people used to ask her if her father was in the military because of their constant moving, but nor her father or mother were part of the military. They were just adventurers. From living down in Cocoa Beach, Florida to living on a boat [...]

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.003 breathtakingly beautiful

what a
beautiful world

The chapter begins with the story of Margaret and her high school best friend. They were part of the same clubs, participated in the same activities, hung out on weekends, shared their deepest doubts and dreams. another thing they had in common was their jewish heritage. one issue that separated their hearts was [...]

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.004 amazingly wise

we all
take them

This chapter begins with the oh so fun application process to college that we all remember. In Margaret’s case she really wanted to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She prayed to God and asked him to let her know which school she should attend by giving her acceptance to one and [...]

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.005 surprisingly talkative

just listen
he is talking

This chapter starts out by Margaret describing her post-college situations. It kind of made me laugh because she explained the same thing that happened to me and so many people I know. Even though almost everyone I know ended up back at home with their parents for a period of time, having [...]

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father and son

team
hoyt

my brother sends me forwards all the time. i hate forwards but he is pretty good about sending ones that are pretty interesting. the other day i read the best forward i have ever received. it was about a father and son, dick and rick hoyt. please go to their website and read more [...]

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.006 wildly infallible

listen to

what he has

to say

when someone says something that i relate to or when i read something that relates to me it completely grabs my attention. i have ADD (attention deficit order) not horribly and i have never taken medication for it because i really try not to put anything in my body that is [...]

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the sacred echo

go get margaret’s new book, the sacred echo. or you can go to her website and order it or any of her other books. she also has audio books. check it out.
Margaret Feinberg

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well work has consumed me for the past couple of weeks. we have moved to our new store. it is amazing, but it has definitely worn me out. i am going to have to take some pictures to put on here so everyone can see. i read a chapter of the organic god last week [...]

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constantly drawing
on my heart

getting back to the organic god. chapter eight is titled unbelievably stubborn. margaret talks about midrash which is a practice of deep exploration of the scripture. in hebrew midrash means to search out. margaret explains it perfectly. she says it challenges us to explore that which we do not know in order [...]

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wake up moment

get up and walk

this morning i read over another sermon from newspring. this one was titled tearin’ off the roof. the main passage used for this message was mark 2:1-11. this is the story when jesus heals a paralytic. when jesus entered capernaum there were so many people gathered that there was no room left. [...]

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do not judge

“do not judge or you too will be judged”
matthew 7:1
when i read my bible every morning i jump around. i tend to open up to where there is a lot of writing or to where old sermon guides are. i have promised myself that soon i am going to stop doing that. i am going [...]

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.009 abundantly kind

lose

the

attitude

i read chapter nine last night but i was so tired i did not get a chance to blog about it. this chapter is titled abundantly kind and it talks about not only kindness through people but from god as well. margaret tells a story of a flight she took from juneau to seattle. she [...]

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.010 deeply mysterious

never
still

so i have decided to re-read the book the organic god by margaret feinberg and blog about each chapter. since i have already read it, i have decided to read it backwards this time just to make it a little different for me. as i read chapter ten titled deeply mysterious, there were so many [...]

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watch what you say

mouth
management

i have been waking up super early lately. the first couple of days i tried so hard to go back to bed so i could get in a little more rest before a long day of work. then i realized what a perfect time to spend reading my bible, looking over old sermons and talking [...]

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with every
breath
Hallelujah from the heavens
Hallelujah in the heights above the earth
Hallelujah all His angels
Hallelujah for the last will be first
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord
Hallelujah in the morning
Hallelujah for the beauty of His scars
Hallelujah in the twilight
Hallelujah sun and moon and shining stars
Let everything that has [...]

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he knows

open the eyes of my heart lord
open the eyes of my heart
i want to see you
i want to see you
 
to see you high and lifted up
shinin in the light of your glory
pour out your power and love

as we sing holy holy holy
 
holy holy holy
we cry holy holy holy
you are holy holy holy
i want to see [...]

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not going anywhere

i was thinking about some of the relationships i have had in my past. i am not going to sit here and bash my ex-boyfriends because that is not going to be benifitical for anyone. i defintely do not regret dating any of them because it taught me what i want in a relationship and what i [...]

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