Tag: suffering and play
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Suffering and Play: A Prelude to the Coming Kingdom
There is a risk inherent in viewing Jesus’ words as play. Especially as we live in a world permeated by pain and suffering. Before I wrote this morning, I read a friend’s blog describing her blindsided breakup. How can I honestly write about play on one hand and be awake to suffering on the other? […]
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The Word Comes…
The city of Jerusalem, the place where the Lord had promised to rest his feet, was under siege by the mighty Babylonians. Anybody who was anybody was already out of the city. Some had fled, no doubt some had reached some safety in small surrounding towns. Apparently there was some real estate available up north […]