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The Doxology Project

2023-01-25T12:08:26-05:00

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Do You Complain Too Much?

Last updated on: January 25, 2023 at 12:08 pm   By Brad Roth

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Our categories of fun, happy, interesting, entertaining, and worthy are always a little bit warped by the glittering screens that surround us. Read more

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2022-11-15T20:34:09-05:00

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Communion Is Thanksgiving

Last updated on: November 15, 2022 at 8:34 pm   By Brad Roth

Ask a bunch of Protestants what Holy Communion means, and they’re likely to respond with something about “remembering what Jesus has done for us.”   It’s not a bad answer.  After all, in Luke’s and Paul’s account of the Last Supper, Jesus instructs the disciples to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24).  But remembrance strikes only one note in the meaning of communion.  There’s more—not least the way that communion expresses and cultivates thanksgiving.  Communion is... Read more

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2022-11-18T10:59:33-05:00

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How Do You Know When It’s Time to Move on from a Ministry Position?

Last updated on: November 18, 2022 at 10:59 am   By Brad Roth

Befriend uncertainty as the grace of the living God. Read more

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2022-11-13T09:11:00-05:00

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Ministry Burnout and the Love of Christ

Last updated on: November 13, 2022 at 9:11 am   By Brad Roth

Pastoral burnout isn’t primarily about overwork, and it can’t be addressed by taking a break or achieving better “balance” in our lives. Read more

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2022-05-10T12:21:40-05:00

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Questioning Prayer, Questing Prayer

Last updated on: May 10, 2022 at 12:21 pm   By Brad Roth

I find myself doing less catapulting requests at heaven and more wondering and waiting. Read more

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2022-04-29T13:15:52-05:00

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Fasting, Feasting, and Grace

Last updated on: April 29, 2022 at 1:15 pm   By Brad Roth

Although fasting is a spiritual discipline, it’s first a grace. Read more

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2022-01-12T09:19:29-05:00

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Announcing My New Book! – The Hunger Inside

Last updated on: January 12, 2022 at 9:19 am   By Brad Roth

I’m excited to announce my new book: The Hunger Inside: How the Meal Jesus Gave Transforms Lives, coming out with Paraclete Press on April 5! The Hunger Inside was a labor of love, a map of my own breadcrumb trail to the Lord’s table, a dive through Scripture and story into the depth and mystery of the meal Jesus gave. Here’s a short excerpt adapted from chapter 1: The late, great Orthodox priest, Alexander Schmemann wrote that “Behind all the hunger of... Read more

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The Hunger Inside

2022-01-06T20:42:56-05:00

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Become your best self! (Not really.)

Last updated on: January 6, 2022 at 8:42 pm   By Brad Roth

Jesus calls us to give up our lives, not improve upon them. Read more

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2021-12-30T11:12:55-05:00

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A Prayer for Success in The New Year

Last updated on: December 30, 2021 at 11:12 am   By Brad Roth

As we live and move and have our being in him, our lives—and thus our plans—are drawn to Christ. Read more

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2021-12-18T16:06:05-05:00

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The Lord Be with You

Last updated on: December 18, 2021 at 4:06 pm   By Brad Roth

Jesus of Nazareth is Adam of Eden, redux and restored, God collapsing the jagged space wrenched open by sin. Read more

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