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Contemplating the Crucifixion

Contemplate the drops of blood, the blows in the face, the persistence of the whip, the crown of thorns, the derision and spitting.


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"The Church Did This to Me"

When I visit newcomers, I try to elicit the-church-did-this-to-me stories, because nearly everybody has one.


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Pain and Pleasure

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the ...


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Growing on a Bed of Pain

I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.


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Practice Makes Perfect

What was Christ doing in the carpenter's shop? Practicing. Though perfect, we read that he learned obedience and grew in wisdom and in favor with ...


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Pain Precedes Joy

I don't envy those who have never known any pain, physical or spiritual, because I strongly suspect that the capacity for pain and the capacity for ...


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How to Find Life

It would be just another illusion to believe that reaching out to God will free us from pain and suffering. Often, indeed, it will take us where we rather ...


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Humbled Theology

I propose that theologians write theology from the standpoint of the mother in Bombay (or Pittsburgh) whose child has just starved to death. She would ...


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Elisabeth Elliot: Wounded Healer

What God wants us to be as a family of faith is a group of wounded healers, taking our wounds, however big or small, and transforming them into a healing ...


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