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Hope for the Hurting This Christmas

Jesus was not born into a world where “all was calm and bright.” Christmas offers healing for our deepest wounds and hope for our greatest hurts.
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Poetry, Pain, and the Power to See

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Mar 18, 2011
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Hope for the Hurting This Christmas

Dec 4, 2012
Jesus was not born into a world where “all was calm and bright.” Christmas offers healing for our deepest wounds and hope for our greatest hurts.
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Writing Poetry: Where Do I Start?
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Writing Poetry: Where Do I Start?

Feb 11, 2013
Pastor John offers practical help for Christians who want to write poetry but don’t know how to start.
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“Every heart craves wonder. Woe to me if I walk through a world of wonders and grumble about the humidity.”
—John Piper, from Secretary of Thy Praise
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The Innkeeper

The Innkeeper

by John Piper
Through this imaginative poem, John Piper shares a story of what might have been — an innkeeper whose life was forever altered by the arrival of the Son of God.
The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God

The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God

by John Piper
The story of Job is not only a story of misery, but also of mercy. Through every flame of pain and flood of fear, God’s sovereign goodness sustains.

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