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Present for the Pain: Empathetic Attention and World Crises
“Hear my prayer, O LORD;let my cry come to you!Do not hide your face from mein the day of my distress!” (Psalm 102:1-2) When my wife and I lost our son, Everett Austin, we discovered a different kind of agony. At 35 weeks pregnant we suddenly, and unexpectedly, had to say goodbye to our little…
Learning to Listen Like Jesus
One of the rare stories about Jesus’ early life is discovered in Luke 2. Interestingly, it recounts how Mary and Joseph lost track of Jesus during their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. After frantically searching for him for three days, they find him in the temple engaging with the rabbis. Mary and Joseph, understandably, reprimand Jesus, to…
A Modern Parable on Forgiveness
A man once died and was taken to the gates of Paradise. When he arrived, an angel told him he must take four test before he was granted entrance. The man wondering what the test might be, fearful of some terrifying beast he might have to fight, hesitantly agreed. “First” the angel said, “You must…
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