For those who believe in a Divine being, it’s common to wonder what purpose certain events in our lives are meant to have. When I was put into foster care... when I was born with a heart defect... when my brother died... and so on. It can be comforting
Not every event in our past has purpose.
But we can choose whether or not an event has meaning.
A child shall not suffer for the iniquity of a parent, nor a parent suffer for the iniquity of a child. The righteousness of the righteous shall be their own, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be their own. —Ezekiel 18:20 The TV Cart In third grade at
This passage isn't about God punishing you for taking communion wrong. It's about what happens when the wealthy eat and the poor go hungry.
Certain ideas get so deeply embedded in the tradition—repeated so often, sung so confidently—that no one stops to ask whether the original actually says what we think it says.
This week: why Paul would kick someone out of church, the chaos monster hiding in your Bible, and what to call a group of TSA agents.
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