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  1. Waking Up as a Dragon

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    11/01/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Thank God for heroes: they inspire us to be better, to help others, to live and work for the good of our race. And thank God for villains, too: they incarnate our shadow side, our nocturnal soul, the dragon within us that must incessantly have its throat slit on the altar of repentance.

  2. The Reformation, Cancerous Tumors, and a 7th c. Prophet

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    10/27/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    What do Habakkuk and Israel have? Nothing but the word of God. Nothing but the promise of God. Nothing but God himself. They have the vision that Yahweh gives, the words of hope he utters. And that, amazingly, is enough.

  3. When We're Mad at God, How Do We Pray?

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    10/22/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    It’s by no means an ivory-tower theological question. It’s as real as the weight we’ve lost from the stress of our divorce. As real as the bottle of antidepressants on our nightstand. We believe in him. We love him. But every voice inside us and every shred of evidence outside us points to his abandonment of us in our hour of deepest need.

  4. A Lament for Hurricane Victims

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    10/13/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    Here is a lament I’ve written especially for victims of hurricanes. May it be for you, for your family, or for your church, a way to put into prayer the anguish of your souls.

  5. The Two Reasons Our Past Can Be Changed

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    10/07/18
    1 min read
    By Chad Bird
    In Christ, God’s Son, yesterday, today, and tomorrow all collapse into one. He holds in himself everything from the beginning to the end of the world.
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