March 14th

4th Sunday of Lent

Cry of the Soul 5 - Despair

Ours is a world of despair. We think about the war. We think about the reason for the war, global terrorism. We think about poverty. We think about evil and crime. We think about disease. What will life be like for our kids and grandkids? I could go on and on. I won’t…it’s enough already. Enough to cause us to despair. What do you despair? Loss of a loved one? A dead-end job? Maybe a dead-end life. Today we examine God’s perspective of despair.
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March 21st

5th Sunday of Lent

Cry of the Soul 6 - Contempt

We’ve already talked about anger, so why are we now talking about contempt? We’ll take a look at why it is so important to learn about contempt. And a pattern is developing. Have you noticed? There is a good side to all these dark emotions. But contempt? How could there be anything good about that? And what does this powerful emotion teach us about our relationship with God? Do you struggle with contempt? Is there a person in your life you feel contempt for? Maybe yourself? Come and see.
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March 28th

6th Sunday of Lent

Palm Sunday

Cry of the Soul 7 - Shame

The last emotion in our series is shame, and is it every powerful. We have all felt the cold, dark life-sucking fingers of shame around our soul. So we normally do whatever we can to avoid it. But is it possible that through shame, God is trying to teach us something? How is it possible that shame could actually be a good thing, when we so often use it to harm people. “Shame on you!” we say, with no intention of helping them. But what does God mean when he allows shame to be an important emotion in our lives?