revalicekimshe/her/hers...pastor, chaplain, theologian...completed a PhD dissertation on theology of trauma...preaching regularly in churches in nyc
What does it mean to persist in your integrity? Job was a “blameless and upright” man, “one who feared God and turned away from evil” (Job 1-1). Job is put to test, hit by calamities, devastating losses of his children, his live stock, and even ailment touching to the very core of his bone and […]
In our Gospel reading today, Jesus teaches us that those who are not against us are for us. John reports to Jesus that when they saw someone casting out demons in Jesus’s name, they tried to stop him because he wasn’t following Jesus. In response, Jesus tells his disciples, “Do not stop him; for no one […]
By chance, do you feel less than whole this morning? Sometimes I feel inadequate and feel like I’m missing something. I would call this feeling one of feeling less than whole. Can’t remember who I was talking to, I think perhaps a student in my class, we talked about wholeness as a state we strive […]
There’s no doubt in my mind that maintaining a healthy life style and healthy weight is extremely difficult. I was able to lose 50 lbs during 2020, during the lock-down and all. I went from 185 to 133 lbs. Then from January 2021 till now, mid-September, I gained back about 30 lbs. Isn’t losing weight […]
How have you been challenged in the past week to live as disciples of Jesus? Did you feel you needed more faith or more works? We tend to think of our faith as having a spiritual component, but we might not think of the material consequences of faith, which we characterize as works. James is […]
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