Meandering Thoughts Group

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Please forgive my musing today but I am pretty reflective on how life has changed over the last several years.

I miss my mom and my mother-in-law, two of the most godly women I have known. Joy, selflessness, service, friendly, loving women whom I always felt comfortable around.

They were just great women. They weren't trying to be something or become something, or show themselves off, they just were great human beings. Everybody loved them.

Virtue ethics says that the goal in life is to be the right kind of person and then the actions flow out of that, rather than vice versa. One is to work on being virtuous and loving virtue. We do the right thing because it is the right thing and we love what is right, not because we are commanded to. I feel like that is why these two women were so wonderful and hold…

Philippians 1:1 NASB1995

[1] Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

Often, the introduction of Paul's letters will give us a glimpse into the practical and theological concerns that he will address in the letter. I find it interesting that in Philippians he addresses the letter to the saints but also includes the overseers and deacons. In no other letter of Paul does he specifically call out the overseers and deacons in his introduction and it makes me wonder if he wants to make sure that they and the rest of the congregation clearly understand that what he is going to say applies to them. I can think of no other letter of Paul that so strongly emphasizes unity, humility/servanthood, joy, and and complete focus on the supreme value of knowing Christ and being…