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Continue reading →: Does God Care?
What Jesus’ raising of Lazarus says about God’s heart. “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.” John 11:33 Normally, the well-known story of Jesus’ raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-43) is told as…
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Continue reading →: What Makes Jesus So Special?
A Christmas Meditation As most people know, Jesus was born in a stable, a lowly place fit for animals, not humans (Luke 2:1-7). He grew up poor, without privilege or comfort. His family and all the Jewish people lived in a land occupied by Roman soldiers, who could be heartless,…
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Continue reading →: Coping Better with Unwanted Change: Four Steps to Greater Peace and Joy (Conclusion)
Conclusion The four-step restorative process that we have been discussing in successive weeks—See, Accept, Appreciate, and Delight—is simple in theory, but often takes a fair amount of work and patience to move through all the steps fruitfully. Are you seeing progress? If not, go back to the earlier steps, and…
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Continue reading →: Coping Better with Unwanted Change: Four Steps to Greater Peace and Joy (Step 4)
We’ve been talking about a four-step restorative process to help you cope better with unwanted change or loss in your life. Once you can see and accept what you’ve lost or cannot change (Steps 1-2) and have started to appreciate your remaining blessings and opportunities (Step 3), you will experience…
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Continue reading →: Coping Better with Unwanted Change: Four Steps to Greater Peace and Joy (Step 3)
By now, if you’ve been working through Steps 1 and 2, you know how hard it can be sometimes to face the truth about something you don’t want to be true. Even when you think you’ve accepted whatever you’ve lost or the burden you must carry, sometimes the old feelings…
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Continue reading →: Coping Better with Unwanted Change: Four Steps to Greater Peace and Joy (Step 2)
To help you cope better with unwanted loss, change, or burden in your life, the four steps in this restorative process provide a road map to greater peace and joy. The timetable can range from minutes, days, months, to even years in some cases. Don’t try to rush the process.…
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Continue reading →: Coping Better with Unwanted Change: Four Steps to Greater Peace and Joy (Step 1)
What unwanted change is wreaking havoc in your life right now? Maybe it’s a significant loss—you were fired, someone you loved died or left you, or you’re grappling with an unexpected financial setback or liability. Maybe you received a frightening diagnosis, or you are struggling with an ongoing illness or…
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Continue reading →: Look Up for Hope
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The LORD will not let your foot be moved… The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will…
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Continue reading →: No Easy Answers in a War Zone
Only Faith, Hope, and Love How can you answer troubling questions about God that have no easy answers? How can you talk about God’s love to traumatized people in a war zone, when God seems so distant and disengaged from their suffering? During my weekly Bible study that I conduct…
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Continue reading →: Hope for Hopeless Times
Are you the victim of mistreatment and unjust oppression? Are you feeling hopeless? Are you wondering why God is allowing you to suffer so unfairly? In this 29 minute presentation, in English with Burmese subtitles and photos from the present Myanmar context, I address the following four questions. 1. “Why…
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