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2019-10-25T09:27:28-07:00

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Harness Hope for the Race for Life

Last updated on: October 25, 2019 at 9:27 am By Paul Louis Metzger

How would you respond if you lost your spouse and your job, or something similar? Would you lose hope and call it quits? Or would something in you keep you moving forward? Would you harness hope for the race for life? This blog post takes as its springboard for reflection the new movie The Great Alaskan Race (View the trailer here). The movie retells the true story of Alaskan Leonhard Seppala, who fights long odds to keep going after his... Read more

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2019-10-26T10:53:09-07:00

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Celebrate Disability Awareness Month, Sunday, and the Differently-Abled

Last updated on: October 26, 2019 at 10:53 am By Paul Louis Metzger

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Disability Awareness Sunday also falls in October in some church traditions (Refer here, here, here, and here for different church traditions and their recognition of Disability Sunday at various times of the year). We need to grow in awareness and appreciation for the many ways those with disabilities can enrich society and the church, and celebrate them. But does the Bible show such awareness and appreciation? Rather than shut people with disabilities down,... Read more

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2019-10-18T09:36:16-07:00

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How to Support Parishioners in Critical Health Care Decisions

Last updated on: October 18, 2019 at 9:36 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Pastors and ministry leaders are often well-trained to care for people’s eternal well-being. However, they often feel ill-equipped to shepherd people as they make important decisions at the end of their physical lives. New Wine, New Wineskins and Multnomah Biblical Seminary will host a forum on this subject titled “Supporting Parishioners in Critical Health Care Decisions” on Wednesday, October 23rd at Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon. In this seminar, a palliative care physician who is an ordained minister will provide... Read more

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2019-10-14T06:43:48-07:00

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The Christian Life: on Pilgrimage through the Years

Last updated on: October 14, 2019 at 6:43 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Today marks the beginning of the Jewish pilgrimage festival known as Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. This feast lasts one week. It is one of three pilgrimage festivals in the Jewish tradition. The other two are Passover, which Christians honor at the time of Jesus’ death, and Shavuot, which is also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost, which Christians associate with the Spirit’s descent. As Christians make their way through the church calendar, may we realize that the... Read more

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2019-10-06T08:31:32-07:00

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Impeachment : Truth, Power and Partisanship

Last updated on: October 6, 2019 at 8:31 am By Paul Louis Metzger

The inquiry into whether President Trump should be subject to impeachment raises questions for many of us about the nature of truth and whether truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, albeit of a partisan kind. The question about the nature of truth reminds me of the trial of Jesus and his conversation with the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, who was stationed in Jerusalem. In no way am I equating or comparing the person of Jesus and... Read more

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2019-10-05T10:43:58-07:00

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Care for the Creation Does Not End on St. Francis of Assisi’s and St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s Days

Last updated on: October 5, 2019 at 10:43 am By Paul Louis Metzger

The Season of Creation ends every year with the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi on October 4th. However, that does not mean our remembrance, celebration and care for the creation should come to an end until the month of September next year. May we honor and cherish the creation every day of the year in worship and service to Jesus our Lord. In the preceding entry for the Season of Creation, discussion centered on whether humanity functions well... Read more

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2019-09-30T18:24:22-07:00

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How Godlike Are We Functioning as Humans Here on Earth?

Last updated on: September 30, 2019 at 6:24 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

Biblical scholar Nancy Erickson reflects on her colleague John Walton’s discussion of functions and functionaries in Genesis 1. Days 1-3 of the creation story deal with functions in Walton’s account (Days 1-3 are about time, weather and food respectively). Days 4-6 deal with functionaries. Humanity’s function is to operate in a “ godlike capacity in relationship to the rest of creation.” Here’s Erickson: Following the normal literary structure of Genesis 1, Walton now explains days four through six as describing... Read more

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2019-09-22T14:18:56-07:00

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Confess to God and Fellow Humans—But Plants?

Last updated on: September 22, 2019 at 2:18 pm By Paul Louis Metzger

This past week, Union Theological Seminary students made public confession to plants during a chapel service. A Union Seminary tweet reads: Today in chapel, we confessed to plants. Together, we held our grief, joy, regret, hope, guilt and sorrow in prayer; offering them to the beings who sustain us but whose gift we too often fail to honor. What do you confess to the plants in your life? The tweet about confession drew strong reactions on Twitter, including the charge... Read more

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2019-09-19T11:26:42-07:00

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Can Churches Change Neighborhoods? An Interview with Urbanologist Dave Kresta

Last updated on: September 19, 2019 at 11:26 am By Paul Louis Metzger

Dr. Dave Kresta is a Christian, an engineer, and an urbanologist. You will see in this latest post dedicated to cultivating vibrant neighborhoods and communities for human flourishing how Dave weaves together his areas of passion and expertise to address the subject of gentrification and how churches often play a part. Paul Louis Metzger (PLM): Dave, please define for us urbanology and gentrification. Dave Kresta (DK): Urban Studies applies a variety of social science disciplines to understand and analyze neighborhoods,... Read more

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2019-09-15T11:10:16-07:00

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Honor God’s Temple — The Creation

Last updated on: September 15, 2019 at 11:10 am By Paul Louis Metzger

This is the third reflection for the Season of Creation, which is part and parcel of church liturgy in many traditions. With this point on liturgy in mind, it is fitting that consideration be given to the creation narratives in Genesis 1 and 2 as liturgical texts. The creation as a whole, and specifically Eden, functions as God’s temple over which God rules and humanity serves as priest. We will discuss liturgy and temple in the context of addressing the... Read more

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