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Courage

Read 2 Timothy 1:3–7 Fear is an epidemic in our time. So many people go through their lives held captive by their...
Bob Turner
March 2, 2023
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A Changeable, Faithful God

Read Jonah 3:1–10 Traditional Christian theology, influenced by Hellenistic philosophy, has often depicted God as...
Bob Turner
February 23, 2023
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Glow

This Sunday we will commemorate the Transfiguration, that mysterious event in Matthew 17 in which Jesus goes up a...
Bob Turner
February 16, 2023
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An Exercise in Empathy

The other day I engaged in an exercise in empathy. Lying in bed preparing for my nightly prayer time, I started...
Bob Turner
February 9, 2023
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Criminalblackman

This week we saw what racist policing looks like in all its ugly detail. The video of Memphis police officers...
Bob Turner
February 2, 2023
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Takin' It to the Streets

In their book Introducing the Missional Church, Alan Roxburgh and Scott Boren make a convincing case that the...
Bob Turner
January 26, 2023
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Good News and Bad News

Read Isaiah 61:1–7. Isaiah 61 is a justly famous text, and it gains added luster because Jesus cites it as the...
Bob Turner
January 19, 2023
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Troubling Questions from Newport News

There have been a lot of big news stories in the past week or so—devastating storms in California, anti-democratic...
Bob Turner
January 12, 2023
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Walking in the Light

Long before it became associated with a shameful blot on our national character, January 6 was (and still is) the...
Bob Turner
January 5, 2023
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Reflection at Year’s End

This is the time of year for retrospectives and year-end lists, and the same sort of thing is valuable in the life...
Bob Turner
December 29, 2022

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