Scarritt Bennett Center Blog

Seeing With The Eyes Of Faith

Posted 9.9.17: Douglas Burton-Christie has written, “Seeing happens only when we risk a relationship with the world.” The world he is talking about includes people, non-human parts of Creation and the Creator God....

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God’s Rhythm for Life

Posted 10.23.17: There is a rhythm to the world and to our lives as seasons come and go: birth and death; day and night; joy and sorrow; planting and harvest; work and rest. We see the rhythm in the story of creation where...

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Wounded World

Posted 10.09.17: In 1992, Shirley Erena Murray wrote “Wounded world that cries for healing.” It was written for an ecumenical service in New Zealand, her home, dealing with the issues of health and welfare benefits for the people....

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Found in the Old Hymnals

Posted 8.14.17: In looking through some old resources, I found several hymns by Anne Steele (1716-1778). She lived in Broughton, England and was the daughter of a timber merchant who also served as lay pastor of the local Baptist Church....

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