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Fast in Response to Sacred Grievous Moments
Fasting, suggests Scot McKnight in his book on the topic, is a response to a “sacred grievous moment.” For those of us enduring the assault of the daily news—the reports of refugee kids howling for lost parents, of neighborhoods devoured by climate-change-fueled infernos, of spiritual [...]
Lenten Resistance
While the powers and principalities are always at work to oppress and hurt, there are moments when they seem to gather strength. It is the church’s task to discern such times, and to faithfully resist and model a better way. Right now: immigrants are being [...]
Receiving Gifts as the Path to Maturity
On our journey toward Christian maturity, most of us use just one leg. We use the leg of self-discipline and it’s an important leg. Paul writes in 1 Co 9:24 of running the race in a way that wins the prize. To do that we [...]

Fast in Response to Sacred Grievous Moments

Fasting, suggests Scot McKnight in his book on the topic, is a response to a [...]

While the powers and principalities are always at work to oppress and hurt, there are [...]

On our journey toward Christian maturity, most of us use just one leg. We use [...]

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