Tag: life affirmation
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Our Powerlessness and the Question of How to Live
Job 38:12-21 – 5/29/2026 Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place[?] Job 38:12 (NRSVue) The answer to God’s rhetorical question to Job and his companions is obviously no. No one other than God commands the morning dawn to rise, not the righteous nor the unrighteous,…
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A Life-Affirming Gospel of Celebration
John 7:37-39 – 5/27/2026 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”…
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The nihilism of serenity or how to learn to stop worrying and love fate
The alcoholic who has hit rock bottom prays to a higher power, “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.” We feel powerless before an indifferent and hostile universe that doles out suffering and disappointment no matter what choices we make. No one asks for serenity in the face of good and…
Dionysus on a Bike 