2025
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1400 days… The One Asleep in the Boat…
#BeingHuman. #PeopleOfTheBridge. Our hearts remain heavy but hopeful as we present the latest ministry report from “People of the Bridge” hubs after 1,400 days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since February 2022, these hubs (sustained by your generosity and prayers) have witnessed the Gospel’s transforming power amid ongoing destruction and loss. As Ukraine endures another Russian… Continue reading
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Late-night reflections in peaceful Chisinau on the scandal of Daniel’s windows
#BeingHuman. #ExistentialHonesty. How to pray about Ukraine during the ongoing “peace deal”… Late-night reflections in peaceful Chisinau on the scandal of Daniel’s windows… on praying toward the rubble… Daniel opened his windows toward Jerusalem three times a day. Not toward Babylon of the newly rising Medo-Persian Empire after the fall of the Babylonian one… the… Continue reading
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Theology in Action: Freedom to Hear the Other Without Fear of Losing Yourself
#BeingHuman. #ExistentialHonesty. On December 12, 2025, Ernest Clark (the CTO of Mesa Global) and I participated in the interfaith forum “Called to Freedom” of the Trauma Healing Institute, exploring the theme of Galatians 5:13-14: “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.” The Forum gathered over 200 faith-based counselors, advisors, facilitators, and church… Continue reading
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Роздуми не пастора на захист пасторів
У соцмережах вже досить давно з’явився особливий різновид християнського блогерства – я би сказав, не стільки пророчий, скільки цинічно-руйнівний. Йдеться не про всіх, хто критично осмислює церковне і пасторське життя (така критична рефлексія необхідна), а про тих, хто системно, методично, майже з якоюсь особливою насолодою розбирає пасторське служіння на частини, не залишаючи жодного простору для… Continue reading
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2025 Advent reflection from Ukraine
#BeingHuman. An Advent reflection from Ukraine (my sermon today in the Rock Church). “That your faith may not fail…” (Luke 22:31-32; John 21:15-19). Contemplation 1. I step into Advent the fourth time after 1376 days of Russia’s inhuman war. Watching empires trade Ukraine like property – our land, our mineral resources, our people treated as… Continue reading
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On hatred, lament, and the right to grieve [part 9]
[In English] #BeingHuman. #BrutalHonesty. Not as a matter of justification, but as a matter of clarification to our friends and partners outside of Ukraine on hatred, lament, and the right to grieve during the ongoing full-scale Russian war… non-evangelical reflections… We, in Ukraine, often hear the question: how are Ukrainian Christians dealing with hatred? This… Continue reading
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The challenge of the other way for the wise men…
#BeingHuman. Night reflections… On the issue of when theological language masks dark authoritarian intentions (a reflection on Matthew 2:7-8)… “Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when… Continue reading
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About pious scribes of death, and dead children…
#BeingHuman. About correct biblical and theological words, pious scribes of death, and dead children… By their fruits you shall know them… When Scripture becomes a weapon of death… Modern evangelicals have encountered an ancient temptation in a new form. A temptation that comes not in the guise of open apostasy, but wrapped in the garments of… Continue reading
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The capacity to grieve one death while growing comfortable with hundreds of thousands…
#BeingHuman. #BrutalHonesty. On August 22, 2025, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska (23 years old) was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train by Decarlos Brown Jr. (34 years old), a homeless man with mental health issues and a criminal record. Iryna fled Ukraine in 2022 with her family to escape the Russian invasion and was… Continue reading
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“Чучело” і ми…
#БутиЛюдиною. #Чучело… “Я була на вогнищі”… [Знайшов недописану чернетку з 2014 року.. через 11 років, в цій останній поїздці, з якої сьогодні повернувся, – дописав її… памʼять – то є дар Божий…] Ролан Биков завжди був незручним для радянської системи. Його фільми про дітей виявилися надто чесними для радянської країни, яка хотіла бачити своє майбутнє… Continue reading
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