God and Nature, Part III

December 23, 2009

      As I continue to reflect upon God and Nature, I am reminded of Calvin’s metaphor of nature or creation as a theater.  Obviously, It truly is a grand backdrop for us to notice the works of God.  But in my experience many times it is more than that.  Though God is center stage, I [...]

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God and Nature, Part II

December 17, 2009

     Abraham Heschel States: “Awarness of the divine begins with wonder.  It is the result of what man does with his higher incomprehension.  The greatest hindrance to such awareness is our adjustment to conventional notions, to mental cliches.  Wonder or radical amazement, the state of maladjustment to words and notions, is therefore a prerequisite for [...]

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God and Nature, Part I

December 15, 2009

     All of us connect to God in different ways. It could be through the service of others or through music.  But for many of us it is through a connection with His creation.  I have known for some time now that I am drawn to God through creation, and that no matter what is [...]

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A Moment with Moltmann

December 14, 2009

     The Creator of God and free man “The first promise which we hear from the Bible about man is his creation in the image of God.  What is meant by this, and what does it mean today? “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him.” (Gen. 1:27).  [...]

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Distorted Images

December 4, 2009

     I don’t know about you, but I many times think about who I am intended by God to be.  The scripture tells us of how we were made in the image of God and shows us how far from that likeness that we have gone.  It speaks about how we have been pulled and [...]

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Hiding Places

November 12, 2009

     Our Pastor recently spoke about the beatitudes and included the portion right afterwards where Jesus talks about not “hiding our light under a basket”. It got me to thinking about the many ways and places that we as people hide who we are, and in the process minimize God’s light that shows through us. [...]

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