Comments on: Reflecting on COVID-19 through the Lens of John 9 https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/ Strengthen The Soul Of Your Leadership Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Don Davies https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-731680 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:43:51 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-731680 I really love sermons on life, love, and relationships with Jesus. These sermons like these and the ones from our Pastor Keion Henderson, https://www.keionhenderson.com/sermons-on-relationships/ have truly been wonderful and has really had profound effects in my life. It has led me back to the path of Christ!

]]> By: Ruth Barton https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-724172 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:18:32 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-724172 In reply to LInda Werner.

So great to hear from you, Linda! Thank you for your love and prayers.

]]> By: David Hughes, TC Ambassador and Resident Theologian https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-724003 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:38:55 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-724003 In reply to Dan.

Dan, Ruth has asked me to offer a response to your very pertinent question. You have raised the age-old problem of evil which has vexed theologians and people of faith for centuries. I can not possibly do justice to this question in a blog response! One of many resources you might review if you wish to explore this issue further is N.T. Wright’s, Evil and the Justice of God. Wright observes that the Bible does not answer our many questions about evil in a straight-forward way. Rather “it is written to tell the story of what God has done, is doing, and will do about evil.” Wright explains that the ultimate defeat of evil resides in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, events which we will commemorate in just a few days. We don’t possess easy answers, nor are we invulnerable to sickness and death. But we do have a constant Presence with us in this pandemic that reassures us, strengthens us, and ultimately will deliver us into God’s embrace where suffering and death will be no more (Revelation 21:4).

]]> By: Jayne https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-724002 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:38:34 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-724002 Thank you so much for these encouraging words. So much to think about and process deep in our hearts and souls and I have always appreciated the way you express how to get in touch with the deeper things God is revealing. This is so needed during this difficult and uncertain time.

]]> By: Kate Mylin https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723797 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:02:35 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723797 Thank you for sharing the comfort of the Good Shepherd regarding your dad at the nursing home. My mom had a mini stroke on the first day when we were told not to visit. I needed to be reminded that He is her Good Shepherd & even thought that I want to be there, She is not walking this way alone . Much love & prayers as we walk a similar path.

]]> By: Janice Gutierrez https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723796 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:01:51 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723796 Hi Ruth,
I am so thankful to be facing this having just completed TC14. What preparation you have given us for such a time like this. I am so thankful to be honing what I am finding to be a “pandemic proof” Rule of Life. Practicing so many beautiful sacred rhythms over the past “TC” years have helped me “drop into that deepest place of faith within me” (love your words about this) in the middle of this unthinkable event.

I also share your heart regarding your Dad. It is the same for me. So very strange to be so close and not to be able to get his daily hug. It is unimaginable and yet is.

Thinking of you all at the Transforming Center with love and prayer today. Take care and stay healthy!

]]> By: Dan https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723794 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:25:49 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723794 Your beautiful words are comforting, but I have difficulty preying to a supposedly loving and forgiving God after He has not prevented 26,000 mostly good people from dying, with many more to follow within the next several months. Please help me to understand this seemingly contradictory dilemma. Dan

]]> By: Martin Contant https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723768 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:13:56 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723768 Ruth, your excellent, thoughtful article resonated deeply with me on so many different levels. As a spiritual director, I appreciated the way you used scripture and these difficult times we are living in, to ask deeply spiritual questions that get at our anxiety, our grief, our sadness and our wondering what God is up to in the world right now. Your article was a reassuring balm in the chaos, pointing us back to God who never leaves or forsakes us. Praying God’s blessing on your leadership, and also your own grief in not being able to be fully present physically to your father in a care home. Thank you for sharing your gifts to bless so many of us.

]]> By: Zofia https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723767 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:13:01 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723767 A timely and intimate invitation to abiding in Christ. Thank you Ruth, you have away of calling us into God’s presence with your words. Many a creating community in the midst of COVID-19 more so than when they were rushing past each other. Grateful for you and your ministry.

]]> By: Ruth Barton https://transformingcenter.org/2020/03/that-the-works-of-god-might-be-revealed/#comment-723766 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:02:49 +0000 https://transformingcenter.org/?p=12297#comment-723766 In reply to Ruth Ann Leduc.

I am so glad this piece can be a support in your important ministry! May God bless you and all those who serve with you.

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