{"id":3831,"date":"2015-03-24T04:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2015-03-24T04:05:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T09:05:47","slug":"solid-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2015\/03\/24\/solid-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Isaiah 44:1-8<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion:
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Today\u2019s text asserts that Israel is called to be God\u2019s witness and not have a \u2018circle-the-wagons\u2019 mentality. In a multicultural world where people live in proximity to others, how is the church called to be a light to the nations, ministering with justice and compassion to others?<\/div>\n
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Prayer:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nGod of all nations, who sent Jesus as a messenger of peace, offering salvation, and making us whole. Send us into your world strengthened and liberated by the Holy Spirit to speak and act as inspired people. Amen.<\/p>\n

~ Stan Dueck<\/span>, Director, Transforming Practices<\/p>\n

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s\u00a0Lent Devotional<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>written by\u00a0Craig H. Smith<\/em>, district executive for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren and ordained minister. (Available from\u00a0Brethren Press<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Craig’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em>his\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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