Sometimes when you download a new app to your phone, tablet or computer, you get a message telling you that you need to adjust your settings in order for the app to work properly. Recently I heard someone use that term in regards to life. She had had a really good day with one of her children, but she admitted that if you had told her some years ago that ...
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Spoiler Alert: St Patrick's Day was not originally a celebration of beer. It would be more appropriate to drink a lot of beer to celebrate Benjamin Franklin who is credited with saying: Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Ben Franklin St. Patrick's Day is the feast day of, well, St. Patrick--the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. He actually first went to Ireland ...
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You hear that a lot. Let Jesus be your guide. Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.Psalm 25:4-5 But what kind of guide does a first century nomadic Palestinian Jew make for 21st Century people? Jesus never had a spouse, or kids or even a real job. Jesus never knew any kind of ...
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I find that it's a good idea to check myself from time to time to make sure that my theology is staying faithful to scripture and not just to what I want to believe...or what is convenient to believe...or what is self-serving to believe. So before I go making assertions or sharing opinions on certain subjects, I ask myself these six questions. 1. Is it based on something that is actually ...
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Doubting Believer is an online, progressive and inclusive religious community of diverse followers of Christ. Doubting Believers Seek to follow Jesus Christ Believe that everyone is welcome at the table Have lots of questions about how we should live out our faith Do not use religion as a weapon Encourage others in their faith journey Practice the new commandment--to love one another as Christ has loved us (John 13:34) Give of ourselves and our resources to help those ...
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Who is our neighbor? (Luke 10:25-37) I think Jesus makes it pretty clear that everyone is our neighbor. Somewhere in the history of the church of Jesus Christ (And I haven’t been able to put my finger on exactly when and where it happened) The church lost track of that notion. Somewhere along the way The church became the people who told women what they could and couldn’t do in the church—and in life, who told people who ...
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Pilate went back into the palace. He summoned Jesus and asked, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own or have others spoken to you about me?” Pilate responded, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your nation and its chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus replied, “My kingdom doesn’t originate from this world. If it did, my guards would ...
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There he was--like so many people in the book of Mark, coming to kneel at the feet of Jesus and ask for healing. Make no mistake about it. This is a healing story (read here). The rich young man had done everything he was supposed to do, yet something was off. He wasn’t sleeping well. He felt anxious all the time. And how could that be happening when he was so wildly ...
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This is at the core of what I believe it means to be Christian. Jesus invites us all to the table. There is enough for everyone, and everyone has a place. As Christians, we don't get to choose who we serve, and we don't get to decide who gets a place at the table. In my eyes, Sara Sanders Huckabee is the worst kind of people. She has completely deserted the ...
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John 20:1-18 There she was Sitting in the darkness The sunlight just barely beginning to creep in to the world She was hiding in her memories Reminiscing about better nights and better days She was certain that nothing would ever be better again. She was still breathing But the air just seemed to rattle around in an empty cavity since she was sure her soul had been sucked right out of her body and there was nothing left ...
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