Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be:
They are but broken lights of thee,
And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
We have but faith: we cannot know;
For knowledge is of things we see
And yet we trust it comes from thee,
A beam in darkness: let it grow.
Prologue from In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Talks
- BY YEAR ▼
- BY TOPIC ▼
- ALL
- Abraham
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- All Saints' Day
- All Will Be Well
- Anniversary
- Apocalyptic
- Ascension Day
- Atonement
- Authority - Experience of
- Baptism Sacrament
- Belief
- Bible
- Bible - Historical View
- Brain Science
- Calvin - John
- Change
- Christian Life
- Christian Calendar
- Christian Faith
- Christmas
- Church - History of
- Community of Faith
- Community of Grace
- Compassion
- Confession
- Consciousness of Divine
- Conservative
- Cosmic Evolution
- Covenant of Grace
- Creator
- Creation
- Creeds
- Critical Thinking
- David - King
- Darkness and Sin
- Death - Nature of
- Diversity
- Divine Intention
- Divine Mystery
- Dogma - History of Christian
- Doubt
- Duncan Littlefair
- Earth Day
- Easter
- Ecumenical
- Election
- Emergence
- Empathy
- Enlightenment
- Epiphany
- Eschatology
- Eternity
- Eucharist
- Evolution - Cosmic
- Exile
- Exclusivism
- Experience of Authority
- Faith - Christian
- Faith - Journey
- Family
- Father's Day
- Fear
- Followers of Jesus
- Forgiveness
- Freedom
- Fundamentalism
- Fundamental Trust
- Funeral
- Genesis
- Global Community
- Global Transformation
- God's Faithfulness
- God - Nature of
- God is Love
- God's Grace
- God of Light
- God's Immanence
- God's Incarnation
- God's Presence
- God's Word
- Gospels
- Grace - Inclusive
- Grace of God
- Grace - Practice of
- Grace - Unconditional
- Grace - Universal
- Gratitude
- Hebrew Scriptures
- Hell
- Hermeneutics
- Historical Jesus
- Historical Thinking
- History of Christian Dogma
- History of Israel
- History of Liberalism
- History of Religion
- History of the Church
- Historical View of the Bible
- Holy Spirit
- Hope
- Hosea
- Human Nature
- Humility
- Image of God
- Immanence of God
- Incarnation of God
- Inclusive Grace
- Independence Day
- Intentionality
- Interdependence
- Interfaith
- Isaiah
- Israel - History of
- Jacob
- Jesus' Birth
- Jesus' Death
- Jesus - Face of
- Jesus - Image of God
- Jesus - Historical Jesus
- Jesus' Ministry
- Jesus' Radical Truth
- Job
- John the Baptist
- Jonah
- Joseph
- Journey of Faith
- Joy
- Judgment
- Justice - Nonviolent
- Lent
- Liberalism - History of
- Liberation
- Life - Celebration and Miracle of
- Life Journey
- Light of God
- Littlefair - Duncan
- Liturgical Calendar
- Liturgy
- Lord's Supper
- Love at the Core of the Universe
- Love - Prodigal
- Love - Radical
- Love - Transforming
- Love - Unconditional
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary - Mother of Jesus
- Maundy Thursday
- Meaning - Quest for
- Meditation
- Memorial Day
- Mercy
- Messiah
- Metaphor for God
- Micah
- Miracle
- Modernity
- Morality
- Moses
- Mother's Day
- Mystery - of Being
- Mystery - Divine
- Mystery - Sacred
- Mystical Experience
- Natural Religion
- Nature of God
- Noah
- Non-authoritarian
- Non-violence
- Nonviolent Justice
- Orthodoxy
- Palm Sunday
- Panentheism
- Parable
- Paradigm Shift
- Passover
- Paul
- Peace
- Pentecost
- Peter - Apostle
- Pluralism
- Postmodern
- Practice of Grace
- Prayer
- Preaching
- Presence of God
- Process Theology
- Prodigal Love
- Prodigal Son
- Progressive
- Prophecy
- Prophetic Voice
- Prophets
- Protestant
- Psalms
- Psychology
- Purgatory
- Radical Love
- Radical Transformation
- Quest for Meaning
- Reconciliation
- Reformation
- Reformed Church
- Reformed Theology
- Reformed Tradition
- Re-imagining the Faith
- Religion - History of
- Religion - Human Construct
- Religion - Institutional
- Religion - Nature of
- Religion - Natural Phenomenon
- Religious Authority
- Resurrection
- Revelation
- Ritual
- Sabbath
- Sacrament of Baptism
- Sacred Dimension of Reality
- Sacred -Experience of
- Sacred Mystery
- Sacrifice
- Salvation for All
- Samuel
- Science
- Scientific Technology
- Scriptures - Hebrew
- Scriptures - Nature and Authority of
- Sermon on the Mount
- Servant Poems and Songs
- Sin and Darkness
- Shalom
- Spirit of God
- Spiritual Dimension
- Spiritual Practice
- Spiritual Quest
- Spiritual Transformation
- Stephen
- Stewardship
- Story
- Suffering,
- Suffering Servant
- Supernaturalism
- Table Fellowship
- Thanksgiving
- Theodicy
- Theology - History of
- History of Theology
- Theology of Grace
- Theological Paradigm
- Tradition
- Traditioning
- Transcendence
- Transformation - Radical
- Transformation - Spiritual
- Transforming Love
- Trinity,
- Trinitarian Nature of Religious Experience
- Trust
- Truth -Nature of
- Truth - Jesus' Radical
- Unconditional Love and Grace
- Love - Unconditional
- Grace - Unconditional
- Universal Grace
- Values
- Vision
- Violence and War
- War and Violence
- Way of Jesus is the Way of Peace
- Way of Peace is the Way of Jesus
- Wisdom Literature
- Wonder
- Word of God
- Worship
Suffering: Is One Abandoned?
Midweek Lent
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
March 24, 1993
READ
LISTENSuffering: The Need For Another
Maundy Thursday
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
April 08, 1993
The God Who is Absent
Pentecost VIII
Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI
July 21, 1985
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