Category Archives: Empathy

How You Make Them Feel

Posted on October 26, 2019 by
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Permanent Love: Grace in the Wilderness

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Recently, my reading of the Old Testament has been greatly enhanced by John Goldingay’s excellent new translation, The First Testament. Goldingay, a well-respected Old Testament scholar, uses his Hebrew fluency to defamiliarize the ancient text for modern readers. For many readers of … Continue reading →

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Suffering and Faith, Part 4

Posted on August 11, 2018 by

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me. — Psalm 23 It is a path everyone must walk, the valley David refers to as “the shadow … Continue reading →

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Soong-Chan Rah on Identification and Lament

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

In his seminal work Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, Soong-Chan Rah writes about Jeremiah’s identification with the people of Jerusalem in the book of Lamentations. While Lamentations 1&2 describe the destruction of Jerusalem from a fairly dispassionate … Continue reading →

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