As the story of the...
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As the story of the Shunammite's son illustrates, God's power to grant life and blessing often arises only in conjunction with some crisis or setback. We progress in our Christian lives in the face of setbacks. "For a thousand years, Christians did a dance called the tripudium to many of their hymns. As worshipers sang, they would lock arms and take three steps forward, one step back, three steps forward, one step back. In doing this, they were actually proclaiming a theology with their feet. They were declaring Christ's victory in an evil world, a victory that moves us forward, but not without setbacks." (Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding The Heart's True Home; San Francisco: Harper, 1992, p. 117.) -- Bowen
