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Sabbath Devotional :: A New Year
“The problem of pain, of war and the horror of war, of poverty and disease is always confronting us. But a God who allows no pain, no grief, also allows no choice. There is little unfairness in a colony of ants, but there is also little freedom. We human beings have been given the terrible gift of free will, and this ability to make choices, to help write our own story, is what makes us human, even when we make the wrong choices, abusing our freedom and the freedom of others.” — Madeleine L’Engle, in “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith & Art” L’Engle continues: “Jesus, too, had to make…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Dawn
It’s a new year, a time of new beginnings. I enjoy setting goals and creating plans for accomplishing them. I feel pretty ambitious at this time of year and can sometimes overwhelm myself with my idealistic goals. As I have gotten older, I have learned to temper my goal setting to suit the reality of being me. No matter how ambitious or simple my New Year resolutions, I am guided by a reassuring hope that positive things are just around the corner. It is a new dawn, a new day, and I am drawn to the promise of light. The “Spirit giveth light to every [person] that cometh into the…