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Tag Archives: suffering
Pentecost 21B: Disarm with Subservience
The readings for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost are: Old Testament Isaiah 53:4–12 Psalm Psalm 91:9–16 New Testament Hebrews 5:1–10 Gospel Mark 10:35–45 Years ago I heard a young woman describe a tense encounter she had … Continue reading
Trinity B: The Stormy Glory of Embracing Diversity
The readings for this Sunday are: Old Testament Isaiah 6:1–8 Psalm Psalm 29 New Testament Romans 8:12–17 Gospel John 3:1–17 We have heard about George Floyd’s death for a year now, and about the explosion of … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church and Social Movements, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Social Political Issues
Tagged Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom, comfort, discomfort, diversity, inclusion, Isaiah, John, Nicodemus, pandemic, psalms, Romans, Salem Lutheran Church, suffering
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Palm/Passion Sunday B: Meaning Shines Out From Steadfastness
The readings for the Liturgy of the Passion: Old Testament Isaiah 50:4–9a Psalm Psalm 31:9–16 New Testament Philippians 2:5–11 Gospel Mark 14:1–15:47 or Mark 15:1–39 (40–47) Friedrich Nietzsche was a harsh critic of religious belief; but … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged Isaiah, meaning, Nietzsche, nihilism, pandemic, servant, steadfastness, suffering
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Easter 6A: What if God did send the virus?
The Psalm for Easter 6 A is Psalm 66. It includes this: 10For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. 11You brought us into the net; you laid burdens on our backs; 12you … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged 1 Peter, Easter, monotheism, pandemic, psalms, suffering, virus
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Pentecost 6: Jesus’ Victorious Poverty
These three lessons take us in different directions as we pray they may converge. Because I am a wimp who has certainly been spared the suffering of life that deserves that name, I have experienced the pain of rehab … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged 2 Corinthians, collection, Lamentations, pain, poverty, power, suffering
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Wounded Wise
This week’s “Dear Abby” column in our local paper started out with a letter from a 25-year-old woman lamenting the absence of a healthy role model in her life. Her father had abandoned the family years earlier, and her mother couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Spirituality
Tagged advice, counsel, elder, Fremont, Grace Lutheran Church, Ohio, sorrow, suffering, Suffering Servant, wise, wounded
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Post-Sheep-Handling Thoughts on Olympian Spirit
The great 19th century Danish-Lutheran philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, wrote scathingly of a certain bishop who was called a “faithful witness of the truth” at his funeral. Kierkegaard thought that faithful witnesses, or, what he would also call “knights of faith,” … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Sheep
Tagged animals, athletes, athletics, Border Collies, cross, Dogs, farm, handling, heatherhope, heroes, olympian, Olympics, Sheep, sheepdog, Sheepdogs, shepherd, shepherding, suffering
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