Ministry Matters - Bringing intercession back | The divine speeches

What does it look like to make intercession an essential part of worship today? Bringing intercession back by Glenn Stallsmith   This set of articles is meant to inspire congregations to correct this imbalance of liturgical priorities, especially as it regards intercessory prayer. While I would be delighted to learn that these articles inspired some pastors and worship leaders to increase the number of minutes devoted to intercessions, my aim here is to dig a bit deeper into the reasons why the church prays together in the gathered assembly. Read here

How should we respond to one another when suffering inevitably comes? The divine speeches: Evil and suffering in Job by Carol Newsom   As Job discovered, events do occur that challenge and sometimes overturn the paradigms that have shaped one's perceptions. Yet people do not readily let go of the frameworks that have shaped their vision of reality. Read here

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