Author Archive: Cornerstone Church
February 19: “Job: Worshipping in Suffering” (Job 1)
Both Jews and Christians believe that Yahweh is Almighty and good. The problem of suffering poses a unique challenge to our faith in the God of Israel. If God is all-powerful and good, why does God allow so much suffering in the world? But the book of Job frames the question in a different way: […]
Continue readingFebruary 5: “Living Under the Waters” (Galatians 3:26-28, 1 Peter 2:9)
A daily ritual for Martin Luther was declaring to himself, “I am baptized!” Often, he told others to remember their baptisms. Why should we remember our baptism? What does it have to do with our daily life? Baptism means that we are a new creation in Christ. We have a new identity, new community, new […]
Continue readingJanuary 29: “Vocational Liturgies” (Genesis 1:26-28, 2:15)
The creation story is a manifesto, a commission, a charge that sends us into the world to work. The call is to bear God’s image and develop creation’s potential. As sub-creators, we are to unfold creation’s latent potential according to the biblical vision of shalom. To fulfill our calling, we need to regularly be recentered […]
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