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On the Great Benefits Of Ukrainian Christians Being Silent…
4–6 minutes946 wordsIf only Ukrainians were silent, what a joy the ministry of reconciliation would be. The Russian seminary professor could lecture on it in a Ukrainian theological seminary, untroubled by a victim in the room, and publish his paper on forgiveness in “Theological Reflections.” Because no one would interrupt, he would never once be asked by a Ukrainian student the single question the whole subject turns on: who, exactly, is to…
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Seventy a day… A Place Where Someone Stays
3–5 minutes778 words#BeingHuman. Dear friends, greetings from Lviv. Roman, Oleksandr, and I are deep in the work now, going through the chapters with the authors. It is humbling to edit a book on pastoral ministry during war, while the war is still being fought around the very people writing it. Some of our authors serve in the Ukrainian army; a few are writing from the front line itself, sending paragraphs between “duties,”…
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Vulnerability: leadership that does not hide its wounds, and restoration that does not pretend at healing
16–24 minutes3,858 wordsAddress at the conference of Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, “Wounded Leadership: Challenges and Paths of Restoration.” 22–23 May 2026, Pushcha-Vodytsia, Ukraine. Let me begin not with a thesis, but with a question that, I suspect, has long lived in each of us. When the risen Christ passed through the locked doors to His disciples in the room and said, “Peace to you,” why – and to what end – did…
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Вразливість: лідерство, яке не приховує ран, і відновлення, яке не вдає зцілення
13–19 minutes3,005 wordsВиступ на конференції Української євангельської теологічної семінарії «Зранене лідерство: виклики та шляхи відновлення»22-23 травня 2026 р., Пуща Водиця, Україна. Дозвольте почати не з тези, а з запитання, яке, підозрюю, вже давно живе в кожному з нас. Коли воскреслий Христос пройшов через зачинені двері до учнів у кімнату і сказав: «Мир вам», чому і навіщо Він показав їм Свої руки й бік? Чому і навіщо тіло, яке перемогло смерть, зберегло на…
BEING HUMAN
Contemplating the Divine and Earthly through Human Eyes • Споглядання Божественного і земного очима людини
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