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To Bind Up and to Heal through Music
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. ~ Jude 2 The deep mysterious Covenant love of the merciful God that seeks us, finds us, and will never let us go is sometimes called “sovereign grace.”...
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A National Treasure: The Privilege to Minister at the U.S. Army Chaplain...
Plutarch wrote, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire be kindled.” Sacred fires—keen minds—are being kindled at the US Army Chaplain Center and School. And I get a front row seat at what I...
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As the Lenten season now gives way to Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday, our hearts are again lifted to the glory of the cross of Jesus Christ. That which was a sign of shame became the...
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“Come Apart for a While”—Vacation Greetings and a Prayer for My Colleagues
I will always think about a certain time in my life when I read this Scripture: “And he said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going,...
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A Prayer for the Unity of the Tribes of the Church
they said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?” (Judges 21:3 ESV) Oh Father, as the tribe of Benjamin in Judges 20 and...
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Delighting in the Law?
“I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart” (Psalms 40:8 ESV). I read the passage this morning and then began to move from Psalms to the Old Testament reading, and then to the...
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Difficult but Necessary: Relinquishing Leadership in Winter to Renew in...
March 11, 2013 Dearly Beloved in the Lord: I greet you in the name of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. I write you to also make an announcement that must come on the heels of a series of providences...
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Now and Forever: The Inseparable Love of God in Christ in Romans 8:35-39
What are the most transformative words in the world for believers? My friend, John Guest, says that the most powerful words in the world are, “God loves you.”[1] I don’t disagree. Yet, for many...
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Everything Old is New Again: An Epiphany Meditation
What do we do with the losses? Where do they go? Are there emotional injuries that can never heal? A singer-songwriter used moving lyrics and music to describe the way that many of us feel as we move...
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Green and Evergreen: A Theology of the Environmental Movement
Ever growing and evergreen The following essay is adapted from a peer-reviewed theological paper on Christianity and modern environmental movements. Dr. Michael A. Milton presented the paper at the 64h...
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