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Our Reaction to Difficulty Tells Us A Lot About Ourselves

Allen Doerksen
Allen Doerksen
Parish Rector
October 3, 2021
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  3. Our Reaction to Difficulty Tells Us A Lot About Ourselves
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Reference

Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12, Mark 10:2-16

Sermon Notes

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Our Reaction to Difficulty Tells Us A Lot About Ourselves

Fr. Allen recounts a nugget of wisdom that he received at a diocesan training event to opened a new path for him in the midst of relational challenges; he unpacks this nugget in terms of Job's suffering and the way Christ is with us in our suffering.

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