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Joel Simpson
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Artist, Writer, Moral Activist. Pastor at First UMC Taylorsville. Doctoral Student @dukeuniversity

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Thanks for being there. Powerful and important time of prayer.
May 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
that if I do thisyou will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore, will I trust you always,
though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
~ “The Merton Prayer”
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire
And I know
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Classic
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
as such but the presence of the Spirit in the particular pain, whether physical, emotional, or mental. Thus, it is the full acceptance of the content of the present moment. [In] giving the experience over to the Spirit, the false-self system is gradually undermined and the true self liberated.”
March 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM