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Prayer & Resources For our Friends and Neighbors

The Heavenly Father cares for us with order and mercy. So, as his sons and daughters, we’re compelled to do our best to embody both, too. That can be hard in times like these. We understand enforceable policies and a national border are necessary. But we also believe mercy is a friend to justice, not an enemy. A country can maintain national sovereignty and human dignity.

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Three (or Four) ways the Father loves Elijah (and you)

Elijah is running for his life. (It’s a story found in 1 Kings 19. If you haven’t or it’s been a minute, you should read it.) The prophet is so weary and fearful that he sits under a tree and asks God to take his life. But instead, the Heavenly Father shows him love.

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Upward, outward, and inward fruit

To demonstrate how Jesus has transformed their lives, Paul points out three ways the truth has produced fruit in the lives of his Colossian readers.

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Hope in Fear, Sorrow, and in the flesh

Fear is all around us. Some of us are afraid of the impending presidential election. Others are anxious about our next meal––namely, residents of Palestine and migrants in Chicago. Others still are worried about naming the internal wounds caused by a family member. We're a profoundly anxious people. W.H. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his poem The Age of Anxiety. Many find his title and words just as true in our age.

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