Charlotte Ostermann
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Charlotte Ostermann

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Wisdom's Manifold Mystery

Wisdom's Manifold Mystery

Chapter 3 of Ephesians strikes me as the high point from which the final chapters flow back into daily life – a less lofty place. I feel a kinship with St. Paul, who seems to find himself transported up into contemplative rapture, try as he might to take slow, careful steps up the mountain, leading his flock.
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You, to the Second Power

You, to the Second Power

Welcome back to Ephesians, Chapter 2. I left you standing in the doorway to new life in Christ, “alive in a space filled with the love of the Persons of the Trinity for one another,” and soaking up that love like a sponge. Does it get better than this? Oh, yeah!
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You, to the First Power

You, to the First Power

It can be a bit of a let-down to move from the glory of Christ to the Third Power, to raggedy little me, just barely back from the grave. But, such is life in Christ. Let’s just be glad he made us “alive when [we] were dead in sin.” (Eph. 2:1) It’s creepy to think that, without formally signing up for Satan’s corps, we were following him… “children of wrath.”
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Christ to the Third Power

Christ to the Third Power

If you missed the first posts in my Catholic Study of Ephesians, you may wonder, What’s a Catholic Bible Study? You missed a surprise about Blessings, a discussion of God’s Ways & Means, and Catholic thoughts on God’s Plan for Your Life. Today, Ephesians 1:1-23. Let’s go!
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God's Plan for Your Life

God's Plan for Your Life

Ephesians Chapter One, Part Three Remember the scene in The Hobbit in which we see the vast pile of treasure guarded by Smaug, the dragon? That’s me in St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians – I’ve barreled in and now am wading knee-deep and slowly through a blow-your-mind pile of treasure!
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Ways and Means, Means, Means

Ways and Means, Means, Means

Ok, we’re moving slowly through Ephesians (this is Chapter One, Part Two), gazing at each verse through the lens of the Catholic Catechism. Did you miss a post? Introduction – What’s a Catholic Bible Study?; Ephesians Chapter One, Part One – Blessed, Blessing, Blessings!
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Blessed, Blessing, Blessings!!

Blessed, Blessing, Blessings!!

In case you missed my first post in this series, I am leading a Catholic Bible Study through the lens of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC). This is opening up the Scriptures in a marvelous new way for me – giving St. Paul’s letter an ecclesial dimension I’d never seen in my favorite book of the Bible while loving it as only an Evangelical Christian can.
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Let's Have a Catholic Bible Study!

Let's Have a Catholic Bible Study!

“Let’s do a Bible study!” It was music to my ears. For years, as an evangelical Christian, Bible studies were a part of my life. After my conversion – glad as I was to discover, in the Catholic Church, the full deposit of Faith and the authority behind Scripture – I missed them.
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New Pro-Life Initiative

New Pro-Life Initiative

Do you know anyone who feels despair when they consider all the lives lost to abortion? We live in the shadow of those millions of deaths, and sometimes it is hard for even staunch pro-life people to handle the reality that even a pro-life victory cannot change. What we need is a gesture of hope
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