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Help Me Wonder

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Dear God: Sometimes I am so busy with work I forget how to be amazed! Nothing surprises me. Sunrises and sunsets are routine events that fail to inspire. Rain is an interruption! Children are distracting and noisy! I have been squeezed into the Protestant work ethic that tells me my worth is tied to my ability to produce.

Like a machine I churn out product for profit and gain. I’m obsessed with rising above mediocrity! How can I notice the smell of Spring flowers, or hear the wind blowing through the trees near my home? My eyes work fine, but I’ve lost the ability to see with my heart.

Please revive my spirit and fill me with wonder! Thank you for helping me to notice when it’s gone.

Rich DuBose writes from Northern California.

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When I’m Afraid

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Dear God: When I can’t sleep, the nights are long. Then the dark shadows heighten my fears. Evidently David experienced this. In Psalm 6:6, he says, “I am weary with my sighing; every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.” Instead of crying I worry. I worry about finances, my health, family members, the future–the list goes on. Most of my worries are irrational and unnecessary, but I do it anyway. Please deliver me from being a pessimistic doubter. Give me the the ability to view my life as a glass half-full, instead of half-empty.

Fear is a human experience that cannot be denied. It happens to everyone. When it creeps into my heart, I can’t flip a switch and make it go away. But with David I can say, “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You” (Psalm 56:3). Thank you for making this possible!

In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Rich DuBose writes from Northern California.

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An unfulfilled prophesy

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Quick! Name three women leaders of the early Christian church. Any come to mind? Our inability to do even this undermines our ability to normalise the full participation of men and women in building the kingdom of God, writes Dr Lisa Clark Diller in this critique of the church’s reluctance to embrace again the radical role Jesus modelled for women.

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