Tag: Jeremiah 1.5

Before you were formed

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“Before I formed you  in the womb I knew you…” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV I had a rigorous and thought- provoking conversation with a friend and mentor in ministry yesterday.  Over a couple of Peruvian dishes, we debated our positions on race.  But, after awhile, I decided to just listen and when I did, I […]

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Before

.Reading time 2 minutes.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” ~ Jeremiah 1.5, NRSV How does God know us?  This opening statement of God’s calling of the Old Testament weeping prophet Jeremiah says that God knows us a part […]

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