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stone How has Sojourn changed your idea of what church is? I was seeking to worship with fellow believers in an environment that avoided the all too typical “Christianese” hype. I wanted to avoid the club-house Christian environment where everything was overly corporate, sterile or denominational in character. I also wanted to avoid the other extreme where childish, emotionally incontinent excesses existed, or following a personality-cult where some silver-tongued word-smith controlled the minds of the gullible masses. I sought and found something that was more sound, spiritual, biblical, thoughtful, deep and mature; something that more reflected the spirit of the embryonic Christian church. I found something more contemplative; challenging me to seek a more real relationship with God within a group setting. The inspirational worship music greatly contributes to these elements. What books interest you? I am more of a topical reader than a fan of a particular title or author. I’m pretty much absorbed on the non-fiction side of literature such as scientific publications, particularly in the fields of geology, paleontology, and astronomy. History in general, and particularly ancient history also tweak my interest. Christian theology, biblical studies, archeology and classical Western philosophy however remain as my core interests. What is "intercessory prayer"? We are not islands and we often need prayers of faith to help one another in our life-struggles. I meet with faithful prayer-warriors weekly to make intercession on behalf of those requesting such. If you seek intercessory prayer, whether for yourself or others, you are invited to make such requests by emailing me at john@sojourn-cny.com where confidentiality is assured by me and my prayer team. You may also select to omit your name or just state a first name to ease any concerns regarding confidentiality. In humility and in
Christ’s service,
John Stone poetry and
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 call to prayer series John authors a weekly series of inspirational articles, available here as Adobe pdf files: all
articles © 2006, John G. Stone
2007
2006 12/31 - New Year - New Day 12/24 - Grace Appreciation 12/17 - Giving It Up For Jesus, pt 3 12/10 - Giving It Up For Jesus, pt 2 12/03 - Giving It Up For Jesus, pt 1 11/26 - Are You Hearing From God? 3 11/19 - Are You Hearing From God? 2 11/12 - Are You Hearing From God? 1 11/05 - Values Based Voting 10/29 - Cars Are For Getting There 10/22 - Personality Types 10/15 - All Scripture 10/08 - Psalm 6 10/01 - A Great Leader 09/24 - Activity Addiction 09/17 - Clean Of Ourselves 09/10 - Negative Self Esteen 09/03 - Fasting 08/27 - Loving the Truth 08/20 - Changing Culture; Not Jesus 08/13 - Hunters, part 2 08/06 - Hunters, part 1 07/30 - Knowing God 07/23 - Anonymity & Appreciation 07/16 - Book of Remembrance 07/09 - The Rest of the Story of Abijah 07/02 - Honesty in Marriage 06/25 - Horizontal Relationships 06/18 - The Fruit of Unthankfulness 06/11 - Doing Life with God 06/04 - Finding Time for God |
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