Taste and Drink

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Taste and Drink

Opening to God, Pt 1 of 6

Heather Weber (Dear Exiles)

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Your Pastor Reads Books

Aug 10, 2023

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People feast on the bounty of your house; you let them drink from your river of pure joy…In your light, we see light.
Psalm 36:8-10

Opening ourselves to God through prayer is done for love’s sake: to be transformed by God’s love, to be a conduit of His love for others. It sounds kind of mystical, but so is the Christian faith. We rely on a good deal of Spirit, burning hearts, and inexplicable joy and comfort to guide us in the way of Christ.

I offer you part one in the series, Opening to God. This message* is all about tasting and drinking of God’s goodness through prayer and contemplation.

*Originally preached on January 16, 2022, at CityChurch in downtown Iowa City.

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Dear Exiles

Like the Hebrew exiles in Babylon, people of faith need a road map—or a story or a song—to envision a life of flourishing while living far from our heavenly home. Join me if you, too, are endeavoring to build a house or plant a garden in the spirit of Jeremiah 29. I’m talking in metaphors, of course. (Extra points for you if you literally operate power tools and grow tomatoes.)

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