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Hope-scrolling in Hard Times
It’s wise to avoid trying to figure out whether we are better or worse now. It’s better simply to say that along with all the
David Landegent
March 21, 2026
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It’s wise to avoid trying to figure out whether we are better or worse now. It’s better simply to say that along with all the
In conversing with resistant conservative Christians, it probably won’t work to start with details about polar icecaps, the fate of some endangered salamander, or a
Still, when I compare Old and New Testament lamenting, I can’t shake the sense that the coming of Jesus changed the role of lament for
An old proverb says, “When the map and the terrain differ, the terrain is always right.”
I preached on LGBTQ issues four times in forty years, once in each church I served. I tried to model how to talk about these
You and I both know it’s not good to call Jesus “Lord, Lord” if we don’t do what he says .
While undergoing the stem cell transplant process, all I could do was pray, “Ugh.”
While many art classes were designed to enhance creativity, this drawing class mostly helped us learn to draw realistically and accurately. I enjoyed this extended
What I appreciate most about some “proof-texting” is that it helps me to see what biblical texts moved someone to think this way or that.