Marc Schelske

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“The way toward universal restoration does not involve uniting in hatred of a common enemy. Achieving unity in a community by vilifying those who are religiously, ethnically, politically, or sexually different from us is forever condemned by the cross.”

12:25 PM - Apr 27, 2024

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Are you a therapist who deals with trauma recovery? A shocking percentage of therapists leave this field regularly because they can't bear up under the emotional strain.

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07:32 PM - Apr 26, 2024

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Today start here. David Wilcox’ classic, “Show the Way.” Listen closely to the words.

In this scene, set in shadows,
Like the night is here to stay
There is evil cast around us
But it's love that wrote the play
For in this darkness love can show the way

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David Wilcox Live in Sacramento November 2018Please buy Dave's music at www.davidwilcox.com

09:49 AM - Apr 26, 2024

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Today, start here. In honor of my Jewish friends here and around the world who are in the week of Passover.

This song is a powerful prayer to me. Translated: “With an unending love You have loved the house of Israel your people: You have taught us Torah and mitzvot, laws and precepts.”

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The Platt Brothers - Ahavat Olam - studio recording - YouTube

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10:00 AM - Apr 25, 2024

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“Christianity cannot save the world by political power; it can only be corrupted by it. Jesus Christ crucified is the everlasting indictment on those who forsake the way of the cross to reach for the ring of political power. . .

10:39 AM - Apr 24, 2024

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Today, start here. Some days, having faith sounds like doubt, fear, and a primal cry for a sense of Divine presence. Even that is part of the life of faith.

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The Porter's Gate - Wake Up Jesus - YouTube

In July of 2020, The Porter's Gate Worship Project quarantined a small group of musicians at a farmhouse in rural Virginia to write and record new worship so...

10:34 AM - Apr 24, 2024

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Working at a coffee shop, sitting at a counter facing the window that looks out on the sidewalk. Watched an old guy, looking quite rough, sit down at a picnic table on the sidewalk.

07:31 PM - Apr 23, 2024

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“If we sit long enough with Christ crucified, it will become the place from which the god of this world who rules through accusation and violence is driven out. This is the exorcism we need . . . The cross is where Jesus does nothing less than re-found the world…

09:58 AM - Apr 23, 2024

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“In his crucifixion Jesus became the mirror by which the world could see the truth about itself. When we look at the cross, we see the truth that we are not a world of righteousness and justice…

10:42 AM - Apr 22, 2024

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This yoga instructor is really trying my ability to practice being present with all these poses that cause me suffering.

02:35 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Today, start here. A hymn for those of us caught up in an increasingly fearful and insecure culture. Audrey Assad, I Shall Not Want.

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I Shall Not Want - YouTube

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11:44 AM - Apr 20, 2024

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Bellatrix has forgiven me for being away for three weeks. #bellatrixlivesherenow #fosterfail #cats

11:23 AM - Apr 20, 2024

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This morning start here. Holy Now by Peter Mayer. Then take this perspective into your day. It will make a difference.

https://youtu.be/epXCX6BXY...

Peter Mayer Holy Now - YouTube

Peter Mayer performs at Front Porch House Concerts April 2007

10:25 AM - Apr 19, 2024

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Today is some of the best the PNW has to offer. 65 degrees. Sunshine. Blue skies. All the flowering trees in full effect. Just perfect.

05:16 PM - Apr 18, 2024

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Rev. B. Cremer, again with the cutting truth: “When you worship power, compassion will look like a sin.”

03:28 AM - Apr 15, 2024

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I’m on a nearly 3-week trip in Greece and Turkey seeing amazing things and learning so much history. But this morning I got a text from my amazing daughter that, I think, is the high point of my trip! 😄

12:54 AM - Apr 12, 2024

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Had Turkish Delight here in Turkey this morning. Gotta say, it’s not worth selling out your siblings and all of Narnia to the White Witch over.

01:01 AM - Apr 03, 2024

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Next cup of tea will be in Istanbul with friends from St. Stephens University.
#gradschool #travelterm #turkey #greece #teanerd

11:22 AM - Apr 01, 2024

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I think maybe I can finish my first full draft of this thing today! Wish me luck. I’m really close. #gradschool #theologymatters #goodtheologysaveslives

01:14 PM - Mar 27, 2024

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Thoughts on Monday of Holy Week: We know that Holy Week ends with Resurrection Sunday. We know that the story of resurrection is central to the Christian faith. It is, surely.

02:41 PM - Mar 25, 2024

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A little note of encouragement for you from Rumi. (The Essential Rumi, 103)

12:25 PM - Mar 22, 2024

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Went to a coffee shop I've never been to before to get some work done. Ordered tea. Barista said "one fifty." It has been so long since I've paid that little for tea that my brain could make no sense of her words. I had to have her repeat herself twice. $1.50. 😳

01:17 PM - Mar 20, 2024

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Interesting. It looks like all Meta properties are down on the morning of Super Tuesday. Anybody else getting Facebook, Threads, or Insta to load right now?

10:42 AM - Mar 05, 2024

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“In answer to the common question: ‘Who is God?,’ Jesus did not provide a doctrinal exposition. He shows who God is by showing how God acts.”

- Leonardo Boff, Brazilian Liberation theologian.

05:54 PM - Mar 02, 2024

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“One cannot carry Good News to people you might, if things get bad enough, have to beat up or kill . . . One cannot ‘stand for truth’ by employing lies.”

- Russel Moore. (Baptist ethicist, in reference to rising violent Christian rhetoric following the January 6th Insurrection.)

02:50 PM - Mar 01, 2024

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See this image? Worth keeping in mind especially in the coming months. It’s also known as Brandolini's Principle of Asymmetry.

03:54 PM - Feb 29, 2024

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Zach has it exactly right. // "God is on our side" makes for a clever, feel-good cliché, but it's not true. God is on the side of love, peace, justice, and redemption. If we are on that side, God is there with us. If we are not, God beckons us to switch sides.

08:40 PM - Feb 20, 2024

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Did something I haven’t done in years. Laid down with good headphones and listened to an entire album front to back. I used to do this a lot. Going to do it more. Tonight’s album: Joshua Tree.

10:48 PM - Feb 19, 2024

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Peaceful Sunday morning. She used to be a feral people-hater. I used to be a desperate perfectionist and control freak. Maybe we all can grow towards greater peace.

01:29 PM - Feb 11, 2024

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