Tag: happiness

• Wrath and Restoration

  Ephesians 4:26 commands, “Be angry and do not sin.” The emotion itself is not sin; it can reflect a moral awareness of evil or injustice. Yet James 1:20 warns, “The anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” Human anger, when untethered from humility, fails miserably. It seeks revenge rather than redemption. Jesus…

  Pilgrim’s Pondering Ministry

  October 27, 2025

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• A walk in the woods (shaupeneak ridge)

  At the foot of Shaupeneak Ridge, before the climb begins, there is a field that rolls out like a great green sigh. Not flat, not orderly, but rumpled with small hills and dips as if the earth once shifted. Here where the ticks dance in the tall grass, before the trees gather to form the…

  Pilgrim’s Pondering Ministry

  June 18, 2025

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• False Freedom: The Illusion of Autonomy vs. the Reality of Christ’s Liberation

  True freedom, Jesus proclaims, is found in embracing our identity as beloved children of God and living in alignment with His will for our lives, for He is the one who created this life for us, and when we trust this life to him, he promises to make it last forevermore. In embracing Jesus’s teachings…

  Pilgrim’s Pondering Ministry

  February 7, 2025

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