Ears to Hear: A Litany for Listening One to the Other
I am a person of strong conviction and intense moral righteousness. I have a lot of… Read More
Today's Disciplines Devotion
If you have trouble appreciating this parable in which everybody behaves badly toward everybody else, you’re not alone. The interaction between the two groups of bridesmaids reads like a scene from...
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The hidden way of God is the way of becoming whole. How do we reconcile a biblical witness of God’s own self being revealed with the Son of God working to...
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At work in the world is a force of wholeness. It can be unseen and misunderstood, overlooked and discounted. At the heart of the created order resides the heart of the...
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Do you remember working to learn the right answers so when the questions were asked you could raise your hand and speak the answer, receiving acknowledgment for being a good student?...
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Isaiah poses many questions, questions that are spoken out into the world, pointing to that which can’t be contained in a single answer. Can we link remembering to imagining into the...
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The people of Israel had to adjust their understanding of what God was up to when the Babylonians took them into exile. They felt abandoned by God. Now the prophet asks...
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The first Sunday in February each year, I participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Delaware. Each year I plunge my whole body into the forty-degree Atlantic Ocean...
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I had a drinking problem for nearly two decades before I became a pastor. Through my faith in Christ, I am now strong enough not to drink when others around me...
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Paul discusses consuming meat sacrificed to idols from two perspectives: knowledge and love. This issue concerned the Christians in Corinth in particular, but Paul’s guidance deals with more than food. His...
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Each time we read the Bible, it can speak to us in a new way. I have preached on today’s reading many times in my thirteen years of ministry; each time...
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The word authority can mean different things based on several factors. If you are young, you might think of a teacher or parent as an authority. You may hold high regard...
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