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2025-02-04T10:21:56-05:00

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Jesus, Justice and the Poor: A Call to True Christian Living

Last updated on: February 4, 2025 at 10:21 am By Rob Giannamore

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A Just God Gives Back Another week of vindictive actions by President Trump have invaded our media feeds and many misaligned Christians have cheered him on. Simply castigating and pointing out the problem is not the solution, rather, here, I would like to consider concepts that have been with me since my Social Work and Center for Social Concern Days at Gannon University. This week, I want to explore restorative justice versus retributive justice and the Catholic notion of preferential... Read more

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2025-01-25T13:48:29-05:00

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Lament as an Alternative to Anger and Anxiety

Last updated on: January 25, 2025 at 1:48 pm By Rob Giannamore

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In a world where anger and anxiety are taking center stage, the practice of lament offers a profound and healing alternative. By providing a structured outlet for sorrow and grief, lament allows individuals to process their emotions in a meaningful way, fostering resilience, hope, and inner peace. Embracing lament can transform our approach to emotional challenges, guiding us towards a more balanced and compassionate existence. In the complex tapestry of human emotions, anger and anxiety often dominate, casting shadows over... Read more

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2025-01-25T12:43:23-05:00

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Casting off our “isms” and Setting Ourselves Free

Last updated on: January 25, 2025 at 12:43 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Patriotism, communism, socialism, racism, sexism. All these “isms” seem to be defining who we are right, and they are putting is in odds with each other and tearing us apart. It makes me wonder, is this the way we should be posturing ourselves if we claim to be Christian? Mathew 5:44 – “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” It is often suggested to approach those who oppose us with understanding and compassion. Sometimes, our greatest adversaries... Read more

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2025-01-18T15:33:28-05:00

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Understanding Non-Patriarchal Masculinity

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 3:33 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Redefining Masculine Identity in Contemporary Society As our world continues to redefine itself regarding gender and sexuality, we must consider what this means. A thought that came to me a few weeks back was the question, “can we have a non-patriarchal masculinity?” In doing a little digging around, I found that non-patriarchal masculinity or non-hegemonic masculinity is an emerging concept that challenges traditional notions of masculinity rooted in patriarchal values. It seeks to redefine the masculine identity in ways that... Read more

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2025-01-18T14:32:19-05:00

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Worry is Not an Emotion You can Control

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 2:32 pm By Rob Giannamore

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As we get closer to the American inauguration of Donald Trump and the world seemingly continues to appear to fall apart, I am reading across many mediums a current of worry and concern. I want to consider worry this week and our posture towards it. A new project I am undertaking and will become more present in my future writing is my re engagement with my church as a professional pastor in some way. As I am relearning the language,... Read more

2025-01-15T11:49:51-05:00

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Answering the Call: Rethinking Church for a New Generation

Last updated on: January 15, 2025 at 11:49 am By Rob Giannamore

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A Calling A common first question that is asked when you are brought in front of any ordination board is “tell me about your call story?”. Mine was nothing terribly profound, no “come to Jesus” moment at a youth gathering or spiritual awakening. Simply, it was a slow awareness that grew into what I would call today a mystical experience. When I was a Sophomore in High School, I received a bible from my grandfather, I am not sure if... Read more

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2025-01-10T15:29:03-05:00

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Reconnecting when Feeling Spiritually Lost

Last updated on: January 10, 2025 at 3:29 pm By Rob Giannamore

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A theme I have been playing around with in 2024 was the theme of loneliness. I want to continue this theme in 2025 and talk about building community in a world of brokenness and separateness. A Deer Hit My Car and Temporarily I Joined a Tribe In almost 30 years of driving, I finally had an incident with a deer. Now, I did not hit the deer, the deer hit me. Like ran right into the front passenger quarter panel... Read more

2025-01-06T06:47:20-05:00

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Depression – A Collective Soul Wound

Last updated on: January 6, 2025 at 6:47 am By Rob Giannamore

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The Meme that Started the Conversation A friend recently shared this meme, and it has had me thinking all week: We diagnose depression because it’s easier than admitting we’ve built a world that’s poison to the human spirit. Easier to medicate the masses than face our collective soul wound. From this, I offered that one of the many problems I see as a clinician who deals with spiritual wounding is that our religious systems and ideologies are ego driven.... Read more

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2025-01-04T12:53:19-05:00

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Jesus Goes to the Gym

Last updated on: January 4, 2025 at 12:53 pm By Rob Giannamore

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I am sitting down pondering what to write for the New Year, New You post and scrolling through all the crowded gym jokes and reading friends New Years fitness goals and watching thru hike announcements for the AT. This got me to really thinking, what is the Judeo/Christian response to all of this? When I searched “a Christian view on caring for our bodies”, I only came up with a list of bible verses, usually taken out of context and... Read more

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2024-12-29T12:32:53-05:00

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A Proposed Christian Posture for 2025

Last updated on: December 29, 2024 at 12:32 pm By Rob Giannamore

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As we approach 2025, plenty of people will be writing about goals, hopes and dreams for 2025. While these can be insightful and inspiring, I want to offer a challenge to the posture we ought to take as Christians who aim to live intentionally in the manner the historical Jesus would have intended. What follows are five postures to consider as we enter 2025. A Christian Response to the Upcoming Presidential Inauguration Throughout 2024, I regularly commented on how Jesus... Read more

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