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C S Lewis’s dark night of the soul | Grateful to the dead

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Mother Teresa’s long dark night. Martin Luther’s Anfechtungen–his own dark nights of the soul, and how they affected his teaching and ministry →. C S Lewis’s dark night of the soul. August 24, 2011. Lewis's dark night was triggered by the loss of his wife Joy to cancer. Working away on a “ dark night of the soul. 8221; article for. I’ve already posted a longer version of the section on Mother Teresa. We have prayed, wept, and rested in His presence.

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Next steps and resources in faith, work, & economics for church leaders | Grateful to the dead

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Where do we begin to understand our work in the light of our faith? Building a foundation for economic wisdom. Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler – parable for a broken marketplace →. Next steps and resources in faith, work, and economics for church leaders. December 4, 2014. A first step for a pastor or lay leader who wants to lead their people in a healthy integration of faith and work is careful. All these initiatives seek to train pastors to affirm t...

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler – parable for a broken marketplace | Grateful to the dead

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Next steps and resources in faith, work, and economics for church leaders. 10 Things You Don’t Know about the Clapham Sect →. Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nightcrawler – parable for a broken marketplace. December 5, 2014. This movie has been out for just over a month (its release was Oct 31, 2104), but we’ll start with the now-customary warning . . . You have been warned! Review of the film. What is the nature of this economic world in which Lou claws his way u...

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Where do we begin to understand our work in the light of our faith? Building a foundation for economic wisdom | Grateful to the dead

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Let’s get practical: faith-and-work pointers for pastors and lay leaders. Next steps and resources in faith, work, and economics for church leaders →. Where do we begin to understand our work in the light of our faith? Building a foundation for economic wisdom. December 3, 2014. Work as a graced activity benefiting all. Much of this value creation takes place through business. Why Business Matters to God: And What Still Needs to be Fixed. Many other ...

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Grateful to the dead | A church historian's playground | Page 2

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Newer posts →. 10 Things You Don’t Know about the Clapham Sect. May 3, 2015. In Boston this past week, I was reminded that almost any evangelical who wants to leverage their vocation to change the world takes William Wilberforce’s Clapham group as a sort of knights-of-the-round-table paradigm. But few seem to know much about this remarkable group. So as a public service, here’s my . . . 10 Things You Don’t Know about the Clapham Sect. Brewer, a banke...

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Martin Luther’s Anfechtungen–his own dark nights of the soul, and how they affected his teaching and ministry | Grateful to the dead

https://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/martin-luthers-anfechtungen-his-own-dark-nights-of-the-soul-and-how-they-affected-his-teaching-and-ministry

Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. C S Lewis’s dark night of the soul. Getting medieval on the doctrine of hell →. Martin Luther’s Anfechtungen–his own dark nights of the soul, and how they affected his teaching and ministry. August 24, 2011. Well, it seems that each of the three sections of my forthcoming article for Leadership Journal has ballooned to the projected size of the whole piece: 2,500 words. So if I am to share in full what I have learned about Martin Luther’s. Of course,...

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Pastors and lay leaders, start where many of your people live: burnout and the “suckiness” of work | Grateful to the dead

https://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/pastors-start-where-many-of-your-people-live-burnout-and-the-suckiness-of-work

Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. If God really does work through our economic work – then what do we do about that? Let’s get practical: faith-and-work pointers for pastors and lay leaders →. Pastors and lay leaders, start where many of your people live: burnout and the “suckiness” of work. December 1, 2014. This is clearly a matter for pastoral concern and action. For a peek into the reality of work, we need only go as far as Gallup’s 2013. State of the American Workplace. God’s ca...

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Mother Teresa’s long dark night | Grateful to the dead

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Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. New from Christian History magazine: The history of hell. C S Lewis’s dark night of the soul →. Mother Teresa’s long dark night. August 24, 2011. Until a 2007 book, only a handful of people knew Mother Teresa's secret darkness. Almost every Christian thinker who has commented on the experience of divine absence and spiritual desolation called by John of the Cross. 8220;the Dark Night of the Soul. Was born in 1910 of Kosovar Albanian stock in what was...

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Let’s get practical: faith-and-work pointers for pastors and lay leaders | Grateful to the dead

https://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/lets-get-practical-faith-and-work-pointers-for-pastors-and-lay-leaders

Grateful to the dead. A church historian's playground. Pastors and lay leaders, start where many of your people live: burnout and the “suckiness” of work. Where do we begin to understand our work in the light of our faith? Building a foundation for economic wisdom →. Let’s get practical: faith-and-work pointers for pastors and lay leaders. December 2, 2014. Practical suggestions for pastors and lay leaders. Will Messenger, executive editor of the Theology of Work Project. Preach to work concerns. This ki...