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    Embracing the Uncertain: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times
    Embracing the Uncertain: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times
    Embracing the Uncertain: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times
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    Embracing the Uncertain: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times

    By Magrey deVega

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    Just turning on the news lets us know we are living in uncertain times. Economic instabilities, eruptions of violence, and natural catastrophes can alter the lives and landscapes of entire communities. Our individual lives are often just as unsteady: relationships can break, plans can falter, and confidence can fail.


    Uncertainty can definitely be uncomfortable. Many of us prefer stability and a predictable future to an unknown fate. We are wired to want to control our destiny.


    The reality is that in our fast-changing, unpredictable world there are few guarantees in life. It's those who are willing to embrace uncertainty and make the risky decision to follow Jesus despite the many "unknowns" who will reap the greatest rewards.


    Embracing the Uncertain invites readers this Lent to engage and wrestle with life’s uncertainties, not ignore them. The first six chapters focus on six post-Transfiguration, pre-Passion stories in the Gospels. Each of these stories are signposts in the gospel narrative, pointing down at a world filled with uncertainty, but pointing us forward to a cross that can show us how to follow Jesus with courage, hope, and obedience.
    Includes discussion questions that can be used in small-group Bible study session or for personal growth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateDec 19, 2017
    ISBN9781501840593
    Embracing the Uncertain: A Lenten Study for Unsteady Times
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    Magrey deVega

    Magrey R. deVega is the Senior Pastor at Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida. He is the author of several books, including The Bible Year, Savior, Almost Christmas, Embracing the Uncertain, One Faithful Promise, and Songs for the Waiting. Magrey is a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the father of two daughters, Grace and Madelyn.

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