Monthly Archives: February 2017

• How Jesus Fits In

  Posted on February 20, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  “Madora came to believe that God and flowing water were much the same. How Jesus fits into this, she never understood or really cared.” That’s an insight into one her characters in a novel by Drucilla Campbell (Little Girl Gone, Grand Central Publishing, NY, 2012). Madora desperately wanted to believe in something greater than herself, […]

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  Psalm 143 as a Template for Prayer in Temptation’s Hour

  Posted on February 17, 2017 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.

  The psalms are wonderful guides for our prayer. What besetting sin have you fallen into again—overspending, pornography, alcohol, gambling, gluttony? Psalms 51 or Psalm 32 could provide a template for your prayer, leading you in confession of your sin. Another prospect would be to employ Psalm 143 to take you by the hand and lead […]

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• Defining Forgiveness

  Posted on February 5, 2017 by sdgale in Finding Forgiveness.

    The best way to grasp the meaning of forgiveness is not through a dictionary but a lectionary. While a dictionary can give us synonyms and phrases that carve out the contours of forgiveness, it is the unfolding story of redemption in Jesus Christ that brings the concept to us in three-dimensional glory and vivid […]

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