http://www.hopwoodcc.org/taxonomy/term/111 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.hopwoodcc.org/node/556 <p>In Jesus’ culture, a day began at night. As the first day began with darkness, and God spoke light into it, so our days begin with God’s spirit hovering over our lives as the details blur with the lengthening shadows of evening. </p> <p>After an eventful Sabbath, the first day rose as the sun set. Mark frames our view through the doorposts of Peter and Andrew’s house. Rather than serving as a barricade against the undulating chaos of broken people gathering outside, the door opened to a new creation. The depressed, the anxious, the traumatized, the disturbed received their wits and grasped reality like they never had, or had long forgotten. The over medicated and uninsured extended their hands and receive health. God’s life poured irresistibly through his Son. Even the forces of evil could not refrain from declaring the good news. But Jesus silenced them. It is better to believe because of God’s good works than the devil’s word. Wholeness should speak louder than the last screech of a broken spirit.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hopwoodcc.org/node/556">read more</a></p> http://www.hopwoodcc.org/node/556#comment Creation Discipleship Faith Grief Healing Hope Jesus Christ Salvation Suffering Genesis Mark 1 Thessalonians Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:16:30 -0500 EricPerry 556 at http://www.hopwoodcc.org http://www.hopwoodcc.org/node/154 http://www.hopwoodcc.org/node/154#comment Advent Forgiveness Grace Joy Luke Psalms 1 Thessalonians Isaiah Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:31:04 -0500 TimRoss 154 at http://www.hopwoodcc.org