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God’s will does not always come to pass. Does that sound… wrong… somehow? How many times have we heard, though normally stated in softer, more compassionate terms, “Just get over it! It happened, so it was obviously God’s will; accept it and get on with your life!”? Sometimes it takes the form [...] I have been tasked (that word sounds onerous, but in this case it is not; in fact, it is a blessing!) to teach the 20s/30s class Sunday morning. In 35 minutes or less (assuming our starting activities, including prayer, take less than 10 minutes!) I am to explain how to “take Christianity to the current [...] I heard a song this morning that tugged at my heart strings. Maybe it will do that for you too? (I found out later that the song writer was [is] Matthew West.] Here’s the portion of the lyrics that was especially meaningful to me: I don’t want to go through the motions I don’t want [...] When was the last time you were verbally assaulted, told your opinions were worthless, or, to use the modern lingo, completely “dissed”? My next to the last time was in the context of a Bible study. I had been asked to help a few folks understand how I had managed to come to a non-traditional [...] I learned something really interesting from one of Jay Guin’s posts the other day. He was discussing the book, Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus, which explores the “Jewishness” of Jesus, and provides fascinating insights. Here is the excerpt that caught my eye: Rabbinic teaching Sometimes, the tough questions that Jesus had to [...] | ||||||
