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The book of Job ends with a picture perfect fairytale ending. And yet Job’s experience of tragedy and loss had a transformative impact on his understanding of God and the world.

https://www.facebook.com/HampdenMethodistChurch/videos/847450962590939 October 17th 2021 homily on Job 38 by Pastor Galen Bruce Almighty The 2003 comedy film Bruce Almighty featured Jim Carey as Bruce Nolan, a television reporter who was fired for unleashing an angry tirade on live T.V. after he was passed over for a promotion to news anchor. Following a series of misfortunes,ContinueContinue reading “Out of the Whirlwind”

Ten years after Mother Teresa passed away, the world was shocked to discover that for the last 50 years of her life, Mother Teresa had struggled with doubts, and feeling as though God were distant from her.

In the 1972 classic children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Alexander knew from the moment he woke up that it was going to be a bad day…

https://www.facebook.com/HampdenMethodistChurch/videos/875751799746729 September 26, 2021 homily on James 5:13-20 by Pastor Galen More than a Pat Answer Christians are often known, for better or worse, for the pat answers that we often give in the face of pain and suffering. When someone endures unimaginable tragedy, one of the things religious folks often say is, “everything happensContinueContinue reading “The Power of Prayer”