<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CTM]]></title><description><![CDATA[CTM]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:13:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Seagull Eggs and the Golden Rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[While on an Alaskan cruise this summer, I heard a story from an Alaskan native of the Tlingit tribe that I will use to talk about our faith and how to put the Golden Rule into practice. The Tlingit speaker told about a breakthrough in the tribe's relationship with the National Park Service. Barred from harvesting on what the tribe considered its own land, they negotiated with the NPS to collect seagull eggs for just one day. The speaker was a teen at the time and was one of two people allowed...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-seagull-eggs-and-the-golden-rule</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7ddcb3d249a633b9d662c5</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_6e813b333f27480e8f9de789b9e6bb89~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freewheeling Blog: "Right Turns on Every Red" - The Legend of My Car Named "Air Force One"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've often said your first car should be a junker. You can't start a kid off with a Ferrari! They have to drive a bad car so they learn on it and then appreciate every successive car more. I had not one but two clunkers to begin my driving experience. The first eventually became known as Air Force One. My first name for it was The Gaseater, Bugkiller Special, because it seemed only good for those traits. This car burned through 6 miles per gallon in the city, 8 miles on the highway. Our...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/freewheeling-blog-right-turns-on-every-red-the-legend-of-my-car-named-air-force-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a760e8f2dc76a37da3e7c3d</guid><category><![CDATA[Freewheeling]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_04e639786ff54d57b755a207ade34680~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical Faith Academy Blog: S6, E7 - Kevin Taylor, Listening For and Following God's Voice]]></title><description><![CDATA[God speaks to us in many ways. For example, Rev. Kevin Taylor's life was redirected through the combination of a conversation with another faithful person and a scene from "The Lion King." Kevin Taylor is a pastor who also has an extensive career in business leadership. He has allowed God to direct him in new ways in both career settings. Rev. Taylor joins this episode of the Practical Faith Academy to discuss how we can discern God’s will and how we can reach beyond our own preferences and...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/practical-faith-academy-blog-s6-e7-kevin-taylor-listening-for-and-following-god-s-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7783b9421979b2d974ee3e</guid><category><![CDATA[Podcast-related]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:39:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_fcdf200e9e43476fb38d3a16ecd5f48d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Addressing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marketers talk about creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in their target audience. They want you to feel FUD about yourself, your current solution to a problem, your standing in society, and so forth. FUD is a powerful weapon to motivate you to buy. As Christians, we have to guard against FUD and recognize these elements as tools of Satan. How can we push back on them? Let me preface the discussion by saying that doubt, on its own, isn't necessarily bad. Questioning can lead us to...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-addressing-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a74ba43c34aae87f0ded36c</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_49d67a4e4f9f4bc5a907ddd341c9b481~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Compassion + Action + Relating = ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Luke 10:33  A Samaritan, who was on a journey, came to where the man was. But when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. I was getting desperate. Midway through a four-hour flight, my wife Sara had experienced two severe medical conditions. A diabetic, her blood sugar had shot up near 600 (which is dangerously high). Sara was also experiencing stabbing pains in her chest and back. I did what I could in row 21, but I ran out of options to counter these conditions. I escalated to the...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-compassion-action-relating</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a622c76532301fe59f523e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_8a38de2173d4425abb282900eb2eba62~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_600,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast Blog: S6, E6 - Gina Romero, Welcome to a Christian Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I wrote my book, "Unison Parenting," I felt it fit into the vein of practical faith because our faith life should start with what we do at home. Gina Romero feels the same way. Romero is a Christian author, podcaster, and speaker focused on helping women make their home life into a form of ministry and worship. She hosts the Welcome Home podcast and wrote the award-winning book, “Welcome Home: A Guide to Homemaking, from the Heart.” The Selah Award-winning Practical Faith Academy Podcast...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/podcast-blog-s6-e6-gina-romero-welcome-to-a-christian-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a0ce65329f38dcec694d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Podcast-related]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:57:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_c8a1cbe5aa654fdebcef367ec2e5ac27~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Responding to Grace, Not Earning It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ephesians 2:8-10  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. One of the things I worry about when I talk about putting faith into practice is that readers will think I'm proposing to earn God's grace. Nothing could be further from the truth, but I want to clearly state my...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-responding-to-grace-not-earning-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a62ba63532301fe59f68244</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:11:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_eb989749537547fd8a8bee1dddea94c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Bee-Sized Approach to the World's Problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a summer rerun from Sept. 2023. It still feels relevant today. The world's problems can feel overwhelming. War and conflict in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond. Threats to our democratic, financial, and even religious institutions. Violence and crime that could strike any of us. Of course, if I could either go backward or forward in time by ten, one hundred, or one thousand years, I would find an overwhelming set of problems beyond my capacity to fix. The world will always be filled with...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-a-bee-sized-approach-to-the-world-s-problems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4946ea0e6d46569498a93c</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_f819c7d7291b4bb98e0f1ec8b60d9c93~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freewheeling Blog: Fun with Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a rerun of one of my favorite Freewheeling blog entries from 2022. There's a reason why my children give me mugs with sayings like, "Dad Joke Champion." It's not just the jokes per se. It's more of a way of life. I have a random, curious mind, and sometimes its contents spill out in odd ways. For example, I have perfected the art of ending sentences in contractions. Take this simple exchange: "Dad, are you joining us?" "Yes, I'm." My kids argued for years that English doesn't allow...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/freewheeling-blog-fun-with-words</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43f3c2de1908b1cec79949</guid><category><![CDATA[Freewheeling]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:55:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_70cb5f5a54474df98e205f38e281a402~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Loving Beyond Differences]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the 1950s into the 1970s, University of Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles and University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal did battle through their teams. Their games were usually close, including the 1964 14-13 Arkansas win that paved the way to a national championship and the 1969 "Big Shootout" 15-14 win by Texas that was the key to their national title. The rivalry was intense. Broyles convinced his players that the Longhorns represented the evil empire of rich Texans....]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-loving-beyond-differences-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3eafc1ad71d3b687682975</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_32ab6e7793e04159b24e21183ca95915~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast Blog: S6, E5 - Craig von Buseck, Evangelism in the 21st Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author and podcaster Dr. Craig von Buseck is passionate about evangelism. As he considers how the number of global Christians remains flat even as world population has grown, von Buseck wants to inspire Christians to live and act in such a way to draw more individuals to Christ. The Selah Award-winning Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/podcast-blog-s6-e5-craig-von-buseck-evangelism-in-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4ae0e1fa58f0a255d5b9eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Podcast-related]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:06:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_f13bb206166649d0ab7906bc63608fda~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: God Treasures the Small Things We Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Photo belongs to NASA Science) This post is a summer re-run from 2025. Did you know there is a narrow gap within Saturn's rings? The Keeler Divide, a mere 25 miles wide, exists because of a tiny five-mile wide moon called Daphnis. Its gravity sculpts the rings around it, creating ripples and grooves in the majestic rings. Daphnis is an illustration of how small things can matter even in a larger environment. When the Jewish people returned from Babylonian exile, they were sluggish about...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-god-treasures-the-small-things-we-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3ead7fd3770ea960eae796</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_0c1c43215bde4594a2823d5c139b8089~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast Blog: S6, E4 - Pat Domangue, Late Start to Fast Finish]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pat Domangue is on fire for the Lord. Domangue came to faith in her thirties but has made up for lost time since then. Now the author of eight published Bible studies, Domangue is the founder of On Fire Ministries, focused on ministering to women. In this podcast, Domangue shares her faith journey from the days of trying to figure out who Jesus is, to the present when she’s teaching techniques for reading the Bible. Domangue also tells what inspired her latest Bible study book, “My Maker and...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/podcast-blog-s6-e4-pat-domangue-late-start-to-fast-finish</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3ea16dad71d3b68767ff28</guid><category><![CDATA[Podcast-related]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:08:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_bbdb4bc9d2be4582bc201b47d6c63560~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: My Festivus Prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I realized recently how often I pray to God in the manner of Festivus. Odd statement, I know. Festivus is a sardonic, alternate celebration during the Christmas season, popularized on the TV show Seinfeld and based on real-life events in the family of a show writer. Festivus has three unusual features: It is celebrated with an unadorned pole rather than a Christmas tree, as pictured. (Photo credit to Celeste Lindell; photo shared on Flickr based on CC BY 2.0 Attribution 2.0 Generic, found at...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-my-festivus-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3ea394a79d1da57f73042a</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_dda638355331488ba8867353db5476bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Grading Each Other's Sins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grading each other's sins is a sport much older than World Cup soccer. I'm not talking about theological gradation of sin. For example, Catholics and some Protestants divide sins into mortal (inexcusable) and venial (forgivable), while other Protestants measure all sin equally as separation from God's will. I'm not arguing theology here. Instead, I'm talking about the practice of how I measure your sins against my sins. My sins only get a yellow card, to use soccer jargon, and your sins are...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-grading-each-other-s-sins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2ae33144c7bef1d02a912a</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_ccf69f686f5b43eab9c11c5b2f0c1c47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freewheeling Blog: Worst Days and Aftermaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perched at the very top of a hackberry tree during last year's Hill Country flood, Aaron Parsley wondered if he would get out alive and if his loved ones would survive. Within just a few moments, he and six family members had been ripped out of their vacation dwelling by raging waters. Everyone survived except his 20-month-old nephew, Clay. Parsley wrote a Pulitzer-prize winning article for Texas Monthly about his harrowing experience. This month, he has updated the magazine's readers with a...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/freewheeling-blog-worst-days-and-aftermaths</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c19b216a9a8229e056c61</guid><category><![CDATA[Freewheeling]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:33:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_42664bdb200845b88278700bea1aee60~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_826,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Worship Where You Are]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where is God for you? Or a better way to put it, where do you experience God? Many of us have found a place or activity where we experience God. It might be during worship service at a church building. A lot of people might respond how they experience God in nature or creation, even during the creative process. Some feel God's presence in prayer or meditation. Some will say they have experienced God in their worst moments: in a hospital room, during a dark night of the soul, in the midst of...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-worship-where-you-are</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2adbc144c7bef1d02a8296</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_e39c411ef07f4b97a448286d177e9aed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast Blog: S6, E3 - Ralph Estep, Jr., How Faith and Finances Affect Each Other]]></title><description><![CDATA[A spiritual chicken-and-egg question is how faith and finances intertwine. Do we grow our faith by giving our finances over to God? In allowing God to watch over and drive our saving and spending, do we become more faithful? The answer, of course, is yes and yes. On this episode of the Selah-award winning Practical Faith Academy podcast, my guest is Ralph Estep, Jr. Estep is a public accountant turned podcaster who focused on stewardship in multiple realms. His primary theme is giving control...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/podcast-blog-s6-e3-ralph-estep-jr-how-faith-and-finances-affect-each-other</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a282b737af0f733569b1dc7</guid><category><![CDATA[Podcast-related]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:06:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_74bb3cabe2a94c5f8307e5c5758cfe9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Let Whatever You Do Today Be Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a sign - actually, a painted wooden block - that sits on my desk. My wife Sara gave it to me, knowing how I try to cram something into each of my 24 hours every day. A Type A never has enough time on their hands. Since she gave it to me, when I lay my head on my pillow at night, I often think of the saying on this wood block. It's time to not only lay down my head but to lay down my expectations and my anxieties. The day is gone. Another one awaits, and I need to rest up for it. But...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-let-whatever-you-do-today-be-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0f7208a2438924d10a9728</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:00:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_0b0f362cb74f47279860e6671d50c690~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Sin and the Forgiveness Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[When President Abraham Lincoln attended a church service in Washington, D.C., a reporter breathlessly ran up to him afterward. He asked Lincoln, "What was the sermon about?" Lincoln replied, "Sin." The reporter persisted. "What did the preacher say about sin?" Lincoln answered, "He was against it." I love Lincoln's straightforward answer. But the truth is, we humans have an interesting relationship with sin. If you asked us what would we say about sin, we would also answer that we are against...]]></description><link>https://www.ceciltaylorministries.com/post/seven-day-practical-faith-blog-sin-and-the-forgiveness-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a189ce9345540299750004e</guid><category><![CDATA[Seven-Day Practical Faith]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3bb57_5d8a7fee94b341358236511527463d12~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_720,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>cecil2748</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>