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Continue reading →: Chosenness
Recently I have been re reading Henri Nouwen’s book Life of the Beloved and I’ve been thinking again about “chosenness”. In my Presbyterian tradition and in the larger Reformed tradition, chosenness can be awkward and difficult topic.The idea that we are chosen gets equated with election and also with predestination. The popular…
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Continue reading →: Suffering, a few thoughts
One of the most accurate things we can say about suffering is that it is ultimately unexplainable. But there are some things we can say about suffering. Modern westerners assume that life is supposed to be happy and trouble free. That assumption can cause us difficulty when we think about…
