A Challenger on the last weekend (October 24-26) sent this reflection along on our theme - "The Greatest of these is Love": Jesus’ crucifixion was necessary, but not mandatory. What does this mean? God the Father did not have to send his only son Jesus, to save us. But he…
My Dear Fellow Challengers, Something that has been on my mind fairly recently is prayer, specifically intentions in personal prayer. I think that we can all agree that for the most part regular personal prayer can be a real challenge because of our busy schedules and often distracted dispositions. However,…
See what love the Father has given us; that we should be called children of God!1 John 3:1 A fellow Challenger sent us this reflection on the talk we recently heard at Ultreya: Last evening a wonderful young woman stood up and gave her testimony. To say it…
My Dear Fellow Challengers, The nights are getting cooler, the mosquitos are dying away and summer is drawing to a close, which means the Challenge year is just getting ready to roar back to life. Although autumn will bring cooler weather, I look forward to seeing and feeling the warmth…
At Ultreya this week we had the awesome opportunity to sit in front of our Lord in adoration. A fellow Challenger who was there sent along this reflection on the night: Sometimes we feel overburdened. I sure do. How ridiculous! Why is this ridiculous? Because God does not call us…
Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope. 1 Peter 3:15 At Ultreya on July 30th we were priveledged to hear Jeremy present the fundamentals of testimony to us. Testimony is our personal response to the challenge of St.…