Day: May 18, 2015

Worm Theology is probably a good moniker for such belief. It imprisons humanity in this notion that our sin has made us worthless. It fetters us to the falsity that the evil within us has so completely broken us that we literally have no value.

It sounds pious. It sounds like a good understanding of the holy character of God lies behind it. It sounds like something Christians should say. But is this at all what the scriptures teach? Or is this just a leftover from the shame-laden sermons we heard in our youth?

How can we defeat the hopelessness we are battered with by life? Are you going through the kind of trials that make you look around and see how everyone else seems to be so blessed….except you? What can we do to defeat such despair? Carolyn Clayton shares some hard-won wisdom. The key to defeating hopelessness and despair is in the spiritual act of rejoicing.