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The best thing about Dane is that he is married to Jo. Theirs is a narrative of divine grace that began in 2006. Together they experience the joy of sharing and understanding, two gifts they wish that all could know firsthand. Dane has served as a career missionary in both Africa and India and although now living in North America, Dane continues to be a student of culture and language and approaches life and ministry from a definite missiological perspective. As a result, he describes himself with three terms: cultural pilgrim, student of living, and Christian communicator. He holds an earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in missiology from the University of the Free State in South Africa. Best of all, he gets to regularly hold the most incredibly special woman in the world. Having served as Chaplain of the University and Assistant Professor of Missions at East Texas Baptist University, he currently serves as Associate Vice President for Development in the University Advancement division.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

St. Vincent de Paul


"God is the only Reality, and we are only real in so far as we are in His order, and He is in us.”__St. Augustine

What is asked of us is not necessarily a great deal of time devoted to what we regard as spiritual things, but the constant offering of our wills to God, so that the practical duties which fill most of our days can become part of His order and be given spiritual worth.

The spiritual discipline means filling our minds with ideas that point the right way, instead of ones which distract us from God and spiritual things. It means also some time, even a very short time, given to communion with Him; and perseverance in this practice. This will also involve expelling from our life those thoughts and acts which are inconsistent with our desire for communion with God.

posted by Dane Fowlkes, Ph.D | 9:15 AM

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