What Does Endurance Look Like?
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What Does Endurance Look Like?

ByThe Glorious Table

I abhor running. I have a workout shirt that reads, “If you see me running, please kill whatever is chasing me.” When I think about endurance, I think about runners. I’ve managed to eke out a 5k where my feet left the ground at just enough speed to be considered a jog for the duration…

Drawing Closer to God in Nature
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Drawing Closer to God in Nature

ByThe Glorious Table

The past year has been quite a struggle in many ways, and I’d like to say I’ve learned a lot in the process. Truthfully, it’s probably too soon to tell. Between working from home full-time, dealing with the stress of the pandemic, processing my anxiety and past trauma in therapy, and ensuring the stock of…

God Meets Real Needs
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God Meets Our Real Needs

ByThe Glorious Table

In April, I always think of rainshowers, especially because we have a lot of intermittent spring storms where I live. In fact, this past month, we had one of those decennial rainstorms that causes quite a bit of damage. When those storms roll through, my mind always drifts to Noah. He was not only thrust…

God's Promises Don't Depend On Us
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God’s Promises Don’t Depend on Us

ByThe Glorious Table

The prosperity gospel teaches that God rewards us with health and wealth in proportion to our faith. Passages like John 16:33 lead me to deny the veracity of these claims. But, while studying Genesis, I came face-to-face with how the message of the prosperity gospel had seeped into my own theology. I had unknowingly embraced…

Imitators of Christ
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Imitators of Christ

ByThe Glorious Table

I’m a teacher at heart, but I didn’t stand in front of a classroom until I was forty-five years old. I’m also a confirmed introvert whose lifelong policy has been to keep quiet, shrink into the background, and observe but not be observed. This is why I so vividly remember the day—the moment—I stood in…

When You've Been Hurt By the Church
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When You’ve Been Hurt by the Church

ByThe Glorious Table

If you stay in church long enough, you’re going to experience conflict. You may be disillusioned by a particular denomination. A pastor might disappoint you. Decisions by church leaders will cause discord. Another church member will disturb you. It’s bound to happen, because the group of believers the Bible calls the “body of Christ” is…