Home court disadvantage.(Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 interpreted)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)

From: The Christian Century | Date: January 17, 2001| Author: NIEDNER, FREDERICK | Copyright information

Sunday, January 28 Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30

EARLY ON, even Jeremiah could have located himself somewhere within Frederick Buechner's pithy essay on vocation in Wishful Thinking.

"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet," says Buechner.

Jeremiah would later recall for God that initial gladness: "Your words were found, and I ate them; your words became to me a joy a...

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