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By Matthew Tennant Posted on January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Recognizing Your Divine Giftedness

Reading Time: 2 minutes The idea of being gifted carries certain weight. If a person says she is gifted, others might snub her and dismiss her statement as conceited. However, in 1 Corinthians, Paul … Continue reading Recognizing Your Divine Giftedness

Categories: Daily TheologyTags: Blessings, Counting Blessings, God's gifts, Recognize being blessed, Use your gift
By Matthew Tennant Posted on January 29, 2022

Can someone be thankful while others suffer?

Reading Time: 2 minutes The furnace in my house warms the air around me. The roof over my head keeps the winter weather outside. My dogs sleep in the lazy morning sun pouring in … Continue reading Can someone be thankful while others suffer?

Categories: Current Events, Daily TheologyTags: Blessings, Counting Blessings, Social Justice, Suffering, Winter
By Matthew Tennant Posted on December 31, 2021December 31, 2021

A Phenomenological Approach to COVID

Reading Time: 2 minutes What do we see? I see my house. You see your screen. There’s a finite limit to what we see. Rationalism suggests that if we touch a hot stove for … Continue reading A Phenomenological Approach to COVID

Categories: Current Events, Daily TheologyTags: grace, Husserl, life, love, meaing, phenomenology, theology
Blame blame
By Matthew Tennant Posted on December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Who do we blame?

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the Gospel of John, several disciples asked Jesus who to blame for the tragedy of someone being born blind? Jesus answered, “Nobody. He was born blind so that God’s … Continue reading Who do we blame?

Categories: Current Events, Daily TheologyTags: blame, immigrants, problems, theodicy, tragedy, why
Black Madonna
By Matthew Tennant Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

She asked for gas & I offered an orange

Reading Time: 4 minutes At 10:48pm, a woman rang my doorbell. I had never met her and did not recognize her. She said she needed money for gas to get back to Arlington. She … Continue reading She asked for gas & I offered an orange

Categories: Daily TheologyTags: 1 John 1.7, asked for fuel, asked for gas, beggar, Good Samaritan, homeless, homelss, Luke 10.25-37

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