Tag: grace
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Remain Connected to the Source
Pilgrim Series: The Sixth Meeting—Unceasing Prayer and Salvation Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, author unknown, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 Over the years, I have heard salvation described in two very different ways. Some speak as though salvation were a single act of God’s grace after which the way we live no longer…
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When Grace Meets Us Beside Empty Nets
Daily Office Readings for Monday, September 21, 2026Psalm 89; Hosea 2:14–23; Acts 20:17–38; Luke 5:1–11Source: The Book of Common Prayer, Proper 21 There are times when what we experience seems to contradict what we believe about God. We experience loss, tragedy, illness, disappointment, broken relationships, and alienation. We remember the promises of God, but we…
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Project: The Pilgrim Continues His Way Series: Lord Jesus Christ, Teach Me to See: Unceasing Prayer, Part 3
Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, Author Unknown, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, Boulder, 2001. Lord Jesus Christ, Teach Me to See The disciples once asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus gave them the prayer we know as the Lord’s Prayer. The Orthodox tradition has also given us what is commonly called the…
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Before Unceasing Prayer, There Is Unceasing Grace
I have been sitting for quite a while with the Sixth Meeting in The Pilgrim Continues His Way. The Skhimnik is teaching the Professor and the Pilgrim about the mystery of salvation as revealed through unceasing prayer. There is much here that speaks deeply to me. I believe prayer is essential. I believe Paul when…
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The Harvest Becomes Seed Again
The Pilgrim Continues His WaySeptember 13, 2026The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth MeetingFellow Traveler: The BarinSource: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 I have learned so much from The Pilgrim Continues His Way, but this may be the clearest and most direct lesson I have received from the book. I…
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Did God Do That—or Did It Just Happen?
This evening I was reading a few more pages from The Pilgrim Continues His Way. I came to the chapter called “The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth Meeting,” and something in the story caused me to stop. The Pilgrim travels to Bila Tserkva, where he meets another traveler, a merchant. Together they stay in the…
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How Will We Respond to Grace?
Daily Office Readings for Thursday, September 3, 2026: Psalm 37, Job 16:16-22, 17:1,13-16. Acts 13: 1-12, John 9:1-17. There is an old hymn that says: “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.” That kept coming to my mind as I read today’s Daily Office readings. They take us from David, to Job,…
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Teach Me to Walk in Truth
Daily Office — Proper 17, Year TwoPsalms 25, 9, 15; Job 12:1–6, 13–25; Acts 11:19–30; John 8:21–32 Sometimes when I read the Daily Office, one word or phrase seems to follow me from one reading into another. Today that word was truth. Psalm 25 begins with a prayer that has become increasingly important to me:…
