Category: spiritual gifts
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‘Sensei’ Roberta
(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) A servant of the Lord and dear friend of the Catch is now in the arms of Jesus. I am sure God had a grand welcome for Roberta Stevens, one of His prized disciples. And she was truly a servant — a servant’s servant. Roberta…
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Listen to your life
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) One of my favorite writers passed away yesterday at 96. Frederick Buechner was the author of 30 books all of which championed in some way the themes we have adopted here at the Catch around connecting life to faith. Real life to real faith.
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The race isn’t over until it’s over
So don’t sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet! Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it! Hebrews 12:12-13 MSG Lest you think this is our own…
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‘Time to Get the News Out’
[If you are wondering what this Catch is all about, you have most likely missed the recent Catches that summarize the story behind my novel, Saint Ben. If so, go to www.catchjohnfischer.com and scroll down to the Catch for June 1, “Why Saint Ben?” and “Catch up” on the next four Catches.] Getting the news…
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Marti weighs in on the dark horse
The Catch Ministry calls us all to be dark horses, which is a call to run from the ordinary – you know, the place where we relish in the savoring of our successes over the failures that we would…
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Celebrate the unity
What does it mean to be “all in this together?” In the High School Musical movie from which our theme song for this campaign is taken, it means that all the factions that usually make up a typical high school in America, like jocks, nerds, band members, cheerleaders, and various ethnic groups and people of…