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Liturgy: “Job 1:1 flips the tables”
When I became a Christian in college, I was attracted to the joy of the Christian faith. Jesus died to save me, and He loves me and wants me to be happy. That’s a fun message to embrace. Yet, in my early faith walk, I only saw half the message. God does love us, and He assures us that everything that happens to us is for our own good. But Job 1:1 flips the tables. Following God is not about what we get, it’s much more about how we can best be God’s representatives on earth.
Liturgy: “God’s Jiu Jitsu”
Jiu jitsu requires the humility to know that one cannot defeat one’s enemy through one’s own strength. Ultimately, I believe God allows the Evil One and all who choose to cooperate with him, driven by prideful desire to be God, to be consumed by the very evil they themselves stand for.
Liturgy: “Becoming Memes of the Kingdom”
Each of us is familiar with these actions: caring for the poor and weak, shouldering one another’s burdens and the like. In fact, due to the impact of Christianity in the West, the goodness of these actions is almost assumed in our society.
Liturgy: “Salt and Light in the City”
What is it that wisdom says? She tells us to leave our foolishness, our complacency, our scoffing, and our ignorance—the way of the world—and instead choose life.
Liturgy: “Using People”
Throughout these passages, I am confronted with this truth: I am called to love everyone—whether they have something to offer me or not.
Liturgy: “Acting Christian”
“In the end, it comes down to this, you in a room with your play, duking it out with yourself and with God.”
Liturgy: “Cannibals and Vampires of Eternal Life”
”Does this offend you?” Jesus asked after telling his disciples, ”unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you” (John 6:53).
Liturgy: “Abide in His Love . . . together”
Community can be hard. True community even harder. But at the heart of true community is a deep love for one another despite all of our imperfections, flaws, and sins.
Liturgy: “The Nagging Feeling that We Haven’t Measured Up”
I imagine that many of you also struggle with drivenness and goal-oriented desire. It’s a deeply twenty-first century problem.
Liturgy: “Why am I not surprised?”
What if the disciples were not at all surprised that Jesus rose from the dead like He said he would?
