All posts about ‘suffering’
New Film “Reparando” Explores Theology of the Cross
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Once you start getting to know people who are suffering, you can’t help but wonder how to see God in their midst or how to explain Christ’s death on the cross as good news for them now. Joel Van Dyke, a missionary who works in Guatemala’s slums and prisons, helps urban missions graduate students flesh out [...]
Tags: culture, Joel Van Dyke, reflection, Reparando movie, suffering, theology, theology of the cross, world
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Singing and Praying for Pakistani Flood Victims
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Twenty million people. That’s how many people live in Australia. It’s also how many Pakistanis became displaced when torrential monsoons unleashed the Indus River beyond its banks along the nation’s entire length. The mind shudders to comprehend the magnitude of help needed. Rather than resolve to not think about all those homeless hungry people, you can bring your distress [...]
Tags: Christians in Pakistan, hymns, learning, Pakistan Flood 2010, psalms, suffering, world
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Is Suffering an Essential Part of Christian Discipleship?
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Suffering for Christ is the main Lausanne Conversation topic for August 2010. In “To Serve Is to Suffer,” Ajith Fernando explores the paradox that measuring ministry by efficiency, numerical results, and a sense of fulfillment can make a church “ineffective in evangelism.” Fernando has been national director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka since 1976. The [...]
Tags: HolySpirit, spiritualformation, suffering, theology, world
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PTSD is not only a military problem
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
From Newsweek magazine, dated Apr 20, 2009: Pastors in Pain: The Columbine shootings claimed more than just 13 lives. Pastor Don Marxhausen left his job after performing Dylan Klebold’s funeral; Pastor George Kirsten was later diagnosed with PTSD. While worship resources related to PTSD on the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship website focus on enabling [...]
Tags: healing, News, ptsd, suffering, veterans
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Prayer of Lament on Mother's Day
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
From the Open Sourcebook (more about this site): Lord, on this Mother’s Daywe lift up the aching heartsof all thosewho long to be mothers, but mourn the absence of new life within themwho have conceived, but suffered loss through miscarriage or abortionwho have given birth, but endured the tragedy of burying a child. Their grief [...]
Tags: abortion, death, despair, holidays, hope, infertility, lament, life, miscarriage, motherhood, mothersday, pain, prayer, sorrow, suffering
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Seven Last Words sermons
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Pastor Leslie Veen posts her collection of sermons on the Seven Last Words of Christ.
Tags: 7last, crucifixion, goodfriday, holyweek, pastors, sermons, suffering
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Prayer for Good Friday: "For us…"
Friday, April 10th, 2009
From the Open Sourcebook: (about this website) Lord Jesus,wounded God. For us you turned yourself in.For us you felt the whip on your back.For us you kept silent as false accusations swirled.For us you marched to the place of death.For us you were nailed to a cross.For us you breathed your last. All for us, [...]
Tags: crucifixion, goodfriday, holyweek, planning, prayer, sacrifice, scripture, suffering
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Dirty fingernails after Ash Wednesday
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
From one blogging pastor in the CCblogs network: Every year after Ash Wednesday, it takes a while for me to clean out the ashes completely from under my fingernails. I don’t know if other ministers have this problem, but like most ministerial burdens, this one is also a blessing. In a middle-class church like mine, [...]
Tags: ashwednesday, blogging, pastoralcare, reflection, suffering
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Domestic violence in Christian homes: a hidden epidemic
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Blogger John Hobbins notes this ongoing series of articles and posted comments from Today’s Christian Woman on domestic violence in Christian homes.
Tags: abuse, bloggers, blogging, domesticviolence, family, marriage, suffering
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