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The Art of Lament

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:20:52 +0000

We live in a culture where to be unhappy is a thing of treason. After all, the pursuit of happiness is literally on our charter. And after a while that stopped just being a line on some document in a museum, and started to become our lives' mission. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for happiness. I love to celebrate, and I think the Christian faith should be pioneering the way in showing the world pure joy. But....

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Overwhelmed With Joy

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:25:02 +0000

So for the past few days I’ve been spending time in the Gospel of Matthew. Each time I read a Gospel I think, “no, this one is my favorite.” And it’s happening again. This is seriously some powerful stuff he’s dishing out. Matthew’s gospel is about a King and a Kingdom, it’s about an upside [...]

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Sola Scriptura

Jonathan Storment — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:04:58 +0000

So I’ve been wrestling with the eighth chapter of Acts for the past few weeks, trying to figure out what was going on then, and what that could mean for Jesus’ followers today. The story is pretty bizarre to be honest. A guy named Phillip is swept up by the Spirit (whatever that means) and [...]

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The Start of Our Stories

Jonathan Storment — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:27:50 +0000

Last night on a flight to St. Louis I had a conversation with a very unique man. He was agnostic, and really, really interesting. He was the assistant Grand Marshall of Arms in D.C. And he had rubbed shoulders with the elite and powerful of this country. When he asked me what I did for [...]

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A New Now

Jonathan Storment — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:58:35 +0000

It’s been years since I’ve been back to the little 10 person church I grew up in. But I have no doubt about what the sermon is going to be about this weekend. There weren’t a lot of constants at my home church, you never knew who was going to be speaking from week to [...]

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