The Practice of Belonging
The eternal words of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu really help me with both the Read More
Today's Disciplines Devotion
In Genesis 21:8-21, we confront Hagar’s plight. Hagar, cast aside, navigates a wilderness with her son, embodying the struggles faced by those who are oppressed or voiceless. In her darkest moment,...
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Halloween,” the psychologist explained, “is a creative way of dealing with our deepest fears by putting on a scary mask, a costume, and making fun of our fear that something horrible...
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I will be with you as I was with Moses,” God says to Moses’ successor, Joshua. The Exodus from Egypt is ending. But now Israel faces the challenge of living in...
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In one of their last attempts to defeat Jesus in the marketplace, the Pharisees get together to challenge him with a controversial question that will divide his followers and weaken his...
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It’s not a good idea to argue with Jesus. Throughout the Gospels, many people question and challenge Jesus. Leaders of his day felt threatened by what they perceived as unorthodox teachings...
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Paul approaches every group with a variety of arguments, believing that if one doesn’t work he will try another. Paul reminds the Thessalonians of his experience and of their own. He...
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This may be the oldest letter in the New Testament, written before the Gospels and yet long enough after the death and resurrection of Jesus that people are starting to doubt...
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How do you follow Moses, a prophet unlike any other? Moses knew God so well that they spoke “face to face, as one speaks to a friend” (Exod. 33:11), and Moses...
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Surely Moses knows in his heart that this will be his last trip up a mountain. Alongside the God he has followed faithfully for over forty years, Moses goes to his...
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My Bible ascribes Psalm 90 to Moses. Perhaps the servant of the Lord wrote these words in anticipation of his death in order to ease the suffering of those he would...
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Sometimes the unbelievable complexity of life brings amazement. Shorthand and lingo get batted around, effectively excluding anyone who hasn’t been part of the conversation from the beginning. Sometimes people use big...
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