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Transforming not Transmitting Pain
I have one last quote to share before I move back to my regular blogging schedule and thoughts, now that I’m back from vacations. So here it is for a Monday morning. “If you do not transform your pain,...
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Lent, Suffering, and Bonhoeffer
“Only the suffering God can help.” Dietrich Bonheoffer. This is brilliant, true and full of hope for us during Lent. During Lent the disturbing reality is that we focus on a God, who in the person of...
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God is Moved By You
On Sunday we are going to be having communion, and exploring an interesting passage in Exodus. The passage we are going to be looking at is this Exodus 3:7: Then the Lord told Moses, “You can be sure I...
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The Anger of God and Our Indifference to Injustice
Often in the prophets we read of God’s anger and his wrath. I know a lot of people for whom the language of God’s wrath makes them uncomfortable. I know it often makes me uncomfortable sometimes....
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Seven Last Words of Jesus: I Thirst, and Woman Behold Your Sun ~ Lenten...
On Sunday we began our series of Lent, “The Seven Last Words of Jesus”. We are looking at the seven last sayings Jesus utters prior to his death. For Lent we want to pause, reflect, repent, and not...
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Seven Last Words of Jesus: “Father Into Your Hands…” Lenten Reflection
On Sunday we looked at this saying of Jesus on the cross: “Father into your hands I commend my Spirit”. There is a lot to be said about this statement, but we just focused on a few details. First, that...
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A Suffering God and the Cause of Suffering
I read this a little while ago, and it’s stayed with me. It deserves a lot of unpacking, but first it deserves some time sitting with it, thinking it through, and wrestling with it. Paul Fiddes in his...
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Finding God on Your iPod: Finding Your Way Through Darkness and “No Longer...
A few Sundays ago we changed up our schedule. I strongly believe that God’s Holy Spirit can prepare and prompt you well ahead of time. By that I mean that planning and preparation are pretty important...
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The Problem of Evil, Theodicy, and the Power of Story
The problem of “theodicy” (evil, and cruelty in the world) is a problem that theologians have wrestled with for decades. I read this one line a little while ago and it really resonated with me. What do...
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The Resurrection Doesn’t eliminate Suffering
I’ve been preparing for a series on Mental Health that’s coming up. And I came across this one line from a book called Darkness is My Only Companion, by Kathryn Greene-McCreight. It just so resonated...
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