Rites of Passage If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Rites of passage, which used to be a common element in many cultures, are a form of dying before we die. They are methods of recognizing the end of … Continue reading Rites of Passage
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Podcast of Anxiety and Death, Part 4
Anxiety and Death, Part 4
Anxiety and Death, Part 4 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife...or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Exodus 20:17 When we are anxious, we are dead to the moment. We may be physically alive, but we are separated from what makes us a living, conscious being. That … Continue reading Anxiety and Death, Part 4
Podcast of Anxiety and Death, Part 3
Anxiety and Death, Part 3
Anxiety and Death, Part 3 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Luke 12:25-26 Twenty-five times in the four Gospels, Jesus tells us not to … Continue reading Anxiety and Death, Part 3
Podcast of Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Anxiety and Death, Part 2 Therefore, do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we wear?” …indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Matthew 6:31-32 While I do not wish to pile more guilt or shame onto the already overburdened shoulders of my anxious brothers and sisters, I … Continue reading Anxiety and Death, Part 2
Podcast of Anxiety and Death
Anxiety and Death
Anxiety and Death And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? Matthew 6:27 Anxiety is rampant today. As I write this, we are five months into the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which has increased the general levels of anxiety, but our anxiety pandemic began long … Continue reading Anxiety and Death
