The Christmas season is a reminder that we are not alone, God has entered this world to suffer with us, and overcome the darkness. All are invited to be his people and he will plant in our the seed that becomes the light of the world. This is my prayer…
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In response to all of the calls for prayer in the face of violence: Martin Luther King, Jr, “The Answer to a Perplexing Question” (Strength to Love, p 138): “The idea that man expects God to do everything leads inevitably to a callous misuse of prayer. For if God does…
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Sometimes, when I’m tired, I plug Psalm 23 into the front of my mind and chant it until I start praying it unconsciously. It’s a reminder of who my heavenly father is and that the Creator God is generous. He is patient with us and invites us into his family.…
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The Ancient people who wrote the scriptures believed that water, the ocean was a place of chaos and home for evil. This was the home of all that opposes order and God’s good creation. We see that oppose of this in the creation narrative where God creates order and brings order out of the ocean by using his athrity to shape it. In the same way as the creation story to Jesus shows his sovereignty over this chaotic storm in this narrative.
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