Roots grow in darkness. When my father texted that he had cancer on December 13, 2017, I had no idea that it would culminate in the conclusion of a painful story that began when I was only 4 years old. We have a fundamental fear of suffering. When we see suffering coming, we run the…
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Suffering and Thanksgiving
If there is one thing that characterizes every epoch of human history, and all of life at one point or another, it is testing through suffering. Suffering brings out what is truly inside us, whether bitterness or gratitude, anger or forgiveness, anxiety or peace. Even as an orange reveals the juice hidden inside as pressure…
I Was Wrong About Heaven
Growing up, I thought heaven was kind of this disinfected, boring, almost lifeless, ethereal kind of place. I was so wrong… PRAY: https://robertkarch.com/prayercover/ GIVE ONE-TIME: https://tinyurl.com/y9e3vvzl GIVE RECURRING: https://tinyurl.com/y9saosbh TWITTER: https://twitter.com/robkarch YOUTUBE: YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ll3p9np
Resurrection
נֵ֫צֶר = “branch” “Netsareth” = Nazareth = “Branch-Town”[1] A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of…
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