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The Wounded Healer
1. The Wounded Healer In his book, “The Wounded Healer”, Henri Nouwen asks: “Who can listen to a story of loneliness and despair without taking the risk of experiencing similar pains in his own heart and even losing his precious peace of mind? In short: Who can take away suffering
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United in a Resurrection Like His
1. Hope of a Meaningful Life The gospel is God’s promise that our life, values, actions, the cross, death, and resurrection in some way will follow a pattern of Jesus’. Christ’s life/death/resurrection is the hope of a meaningful/purposeful life – along with Christ, in the current creation as well as
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Church: Imperfect People in a Perfect Relationship!
1. Church: Imperfect People in a Perfect Relationship Jesus asked us to follow his example, but is it possible for imperfect people like us? L.T. Jeyachandran describes the church as imperfect people in a perfect relationship! He writes: “It is the love within the Trinity (John 17:24) that overflows into
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Ensuring Presence of God in Our Lives
1. Religion for Wrong Reasons “You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.”, said Jesus in Matthew 23:15. This happens when one tries to bring people under their own