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The Christian Response to the Problem of Pain and Evil

Dallas Willard digs deeply into evil’s coexistence with the uncompromising goodness of God. It is a very Lenten thing to remember that “God is always where the suffering is” and that there is “something beyond the pain.”
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
Featured March 17, 2023 (Original Dec 2014 )
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“I’ll Go to the Rescue”

A powerful episode from Sojourner Truth’s story shows her courage and faithfulness to boldly act on what she heard from God.
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth
Featured March 10, 2023 (Original Jan 1850 )
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Availability and Vulnerability

How are the shared vows of “availability” and “vulnerability” an outgrowth of Celtic Christianity, and why are they important for a monastic community? Here we learn about these ideas in an excerpt from a lengthy interview with the Northumbria Community and how they live these out together.
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Northumbria Community
Featured March 3, 2023 (Original Jan 2025 )
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Brought Low

Pastor and professor, Kurtley Knight, invites us into the postures and practices of Lent that remind us of our creatureliness and our accountability to God.
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Rev. Dr. Kurtley E. Knight
February 24, 2023
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Turning Toward God with Intention

Explore the history behind Lent’s triad of invitations with Wheaton professor and author, Esau McCaulley.
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Esau McCaulley
Featured February 24, 2023 (Original Nov 2022 )
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The Wonderful Freedom of Fasting

In this transcript from an address given to Southern Baptists in 1983, Richard Foster looks at the meaning and many forms of fasting and the challenges and blessings of each.
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Richard J. Foster
Featured February 24, 2023 (Original Mar 1983 )
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Lilias Trotter: A Legacy of Complete Abandonment to God

To see Lilias “was to catch a glimpse of ‘that sweet-smiling Jesus.’” Mimi Dixon holds up the life of Lilias Trotter as a model of joyful, Christlike obedience.
Miriam Dixon
Miriam Dixon
February 17, 2023
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Any Little Humble Path

Lilias Trotter’s biographer, Miriam Rockness, shares personal reflections on two diary entries from the missionary whose art and words left a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom.
Miriam Rockness
Miriam Rockness
Featured February 17, 2023 (Original Apr 2019 )
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Ready to Be Offered

What holds us back from total freedom to do God’s will? Lilias Trotter creates a parable from the dandelion to examine the “way out” of self-centeredness into selfless service.
Lilias Trotter
Lilias Trotter
Featured February 17, 2023 (Original Jan 2025 )
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Awake and Connected to Our Divine Parent

Lacy Borgo invites us to strengthen our connection with God by learning from the movements of young children towards their parents and from the prayer-movements of Daniel in Babylon.
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Lacy Finn Borgo
February 10, 2023