HeyJaredAntifragile Faith by Ben Sternke
Musings on spirituality, theology, and culture from an Episcopal priest to foster a faith that flourishes in the chaos.
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Love is practice, not performance (opens the original)
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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God.Love is practice, not performance. And being loved is practice, too (not performance). We know what love is and isn’t only because we are witnesses of what God has done in sending Jesus, and participants in the divine life shared with us in love.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!guJv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fim
If Two Among You Agree... (opens the original)
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“If two among you agree on earth concerning anything they might request, whatever it is, it shall come to them from my Father in the heavens” (Matt 18:19, David Bentley Hart’s translation).<img alt="piled stones" class="sizing-nor
Life Always Flows (opens the original)
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“Whoever has faith in me,” Jesus says, “out of their inner parts streams of living water will flow.”<img alt="a close up of a wave in the water" clas
Salvation is a Way, Not a Possession (opens the original)
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“Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?” God says through the Psalmist. The implied and obvious answer is “Of course not.” Instead, “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and make good your vows to the Most High… Whoever offers me the sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me; but to those who keep in my way will I show the salvation of God.”1<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604863238
A Pathway of Prayer (opens the original)
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I’ve been playing around with a few axioms and thoughts-in-progress about prayer, specifically personal, contemplative prayer:Personal, contemplative prayer is possible. The incarnation creates an indelible spiritual/ontological connection between God and humanity that can be accessed by every individual human.Personal, contemplative prayer is necessary. There is simply no other way for us to grow into the fullness of our humanity, because we are made in the image the God who has become human.Pe
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