1. God, I’m Mad At You

    book
    06/30/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    When we are hurt, we cry out to God. But sometimes when the hurt gets really intense, our lament turns to complaint. Not only is this normal, but almost every lament in scripture contains a complaint.
    God, I’m Mad At You

  2. Thoughts on Silence and Change

    book
    06/08/20
    4 mins
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    By Bruce Hillman
    Silence is an important and valuable tool for change and empathy, self-reflection, and learning.
    Thoughts on Silence and Change

  3. Fortress God

    book
    05/26/20
    11 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    God will keep his promises, but how he keeps them is often quite surprising.
    Fortress God

  4. Anxious, Fearful, and Righteous

    book
    05/04/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    How we feel is so often conditioned upon what we are experiencing. Faith grabs hold of something outside our experience, something objective and true that is not changed by circumstance.
    Anxious, Fearful, and Righteous

  5. Will God Forgive Me… Again?

    book
    03/30/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    We must put away a whitewashed Christianity that says that God simply forgives because He is nice, kind, loving, gentle, etc. That is not how forgiveness works.
    Will God Forgive Me… Again?

  6. A Helmet of Promises

    book
    03/10/20
    7 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    What I have come to see is that while anyone can make a conscious decision to walk away from God or deny him, a person can’t accidentally lose his or her salvation.
    A Helmet of Promises

  7. The Suicide Prophet

    book
    02/25/20
    17 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    Sometimes we have to strain hard to hear words deeper than our hearts. Words not from inside, but outside. Words from God, not our own self-spun narratives.
    The Suicide Prophet

  8. The Baptism that Swallowed the Rocks

    book
    02/10/20
    23 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    The Church gathers around the Word and Sacrament in order to receive Christ and each other.
    The Baptism that Swallowed the Rocks

  9. Groaning-God

    book
    12/30/19
    11 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    Into the suffocating prison of sorrow, God sends his Breath, his Holy Spirit to help us. We may suffer, but we will not be alone.
    Groaning-God

  10. When Bible Reading Becomes Boring.

    book
    10/16/19
    14 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    If the gospel is promise that means it is essentially relational. It stands that the nature of any promise is that it's only as good as the one who issues it.
    When Bible Reading Becomes Boring.

  11. 1980's NYC and the Feast to Come

    book
    09/23/19
    37 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    It is freezing, and I am stunned. I had learned about homelessness in school and seen it in movies but to see the way the Mole People lived.
    1980's NYC and the Feast to Come

  12. No Church Revitalization without Mission

    book
    08/05/19
    24 mins
    read
    By Bruce Hillman
    The Church, having turned the Gospel into a moral performance, a judgemental system of do's and do-nots, must come to grips with the fact that the culture has moved on.
    No Church Revitalization without Mission
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