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Terrorism and Weltschmerz

Philippians 2:4-8, 14-15 (NRSV) Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, … Continue reading

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The End?

Jonah 4:10-11 (The Message) God said, “What’s this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It … Continue reading

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Jonah Takes a Do-Over

Jonah 3:1-2 (New International Version) Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” In the last verse of chapter two, … Continue reading

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Sinking

Jonah 2:5-6 (Today’s New International Version) “The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath me barred me in forever. But you, … Continue reading

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