Grieving, But Not Leaving, the United Methodist Church
The wise never make a decision when under duress. Time will tell. We will see what unfolds.
Don’t Romanticize Suffering Following the Aurora Mass Shooting
Growth doesn’t just cancel out all the struggles of suffering.
Why God Can’t Take Away Suffering
Believing that God is controlling doesn't make the world any safer or us any more protected.
Why God Is Not in Control
In Christ, we find a God who deliberately gave up power to control everything in order to save the world through sacrificial love.
‘Gratitude is Not a Happy Pill’
This is not your typical hearts-and-flowers gratitude book. This accounts for suffering and despair and unexpected election results...This is gratitude on the ground with the feet of people who are fighting and marching for a better world.
The Wrong Choice? An Advent Meditation
Did Mary make a wrong choice? We know how the story ends, but viscerally I cannot fathom the toll her son’s suffering took upon her life.
Creation Groans: Why Red Letter Christians Should Care About Animals
Instead of living in harmony, as fellow creatures of God, we treat animals like unfeeling machines. We put profits before principle, and the results are devastating to the whole of God’s creation.
Why I Bother Being Lutheran: Theology of the Cross
If God was there at the cross, and Jesus rose again, then God could still be here —even after death, even after suffering, after divorce and betrayal. And the theology of the cross that is Lutheran not only heals, but it indicts.
Sound the Alarm: A Liturgy for Troubling Times
A call and response liturgy for the fighters of the good fight who feel constantly bombarded with the waves of a suffering world right now.
Remember that Out of Death Comes Life
APRIL 9, 2014 | BY: NIKOLE LIM -- Rwanda’s scenic roads trigger many memories for Joseph. As we drove on, he continued...