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renewing a way

by Patrick Posted on April 29, 2021

How different all this is from the instruction I received as I grew into my own Christian faith. I was taught to recite the creeds, I was prepared for confirmation on the basis of a catechism that in effect told … Continue reading →

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Dear Lord of Light

by Patrick Posted on May 1, 2020

Read: Psalm 97 Dear Lord of Light, when the shadows surround me, and all becomes dark I begin to wonder where to go, who to be. I lose a sense of direction. The old lights have gone dim, and don’t … Continue reading →

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Dear Lord of Truth

by Patrick Posted on April 30, 2020

Read: Psalm 25 Dear Lord of Truth, you have called us into fullness of life and shown us the way of wisdom. This is the way of your kingdom, one that enters into this world, into every system and every … Continue reading →

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Dear Lord of Peace

by Patrick Posted on April 29, 2020

Read: Psalm 104 Dear Lord of Peace, you have made a place for us. This can be hard to remember when instead of feeling peace, we feel the chaos all around. Everything seems unsettled, our jobs, our health. We wonder … Continue reading →

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Dear Lord of Hope

by Patrick Posted on April 28, 2020

Read: Psalm 107 Dear Lord of Hope, thank you. From the depths of my being, thank you. For the people in my life, thank you. For the opportunities you have given me, thank you. For rescuing me from problems in … Continue reading →

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Dear Lord of Creation

by Patrick Posted on April 27, 2020

Read: Psalm 33 Dear Lord of Creation, you who made all and rule over all, you gather together the whole universe in infinite complexity, a wondrous dance that invites both our deeper study and continued delight. In a world that … Continue reading →

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I pray, preserve me from all dangers…

by Patrick Posted on March 17, 2020

Trinity in unity, preserve me. Unity in Trinity, have mercy on me. I pray, preserve me from all dangers which overwhelm me like the waves of the sea, so that neither mortality nor the vanity of the world may sweep … Continue reading →

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The Way to Pray

by Patrick Posted on November 5, 2018

Last week, I preached on prayer. Here’s what I had to say: Here are the notes for the sermon

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A prayer

by Patrick Posted on July 7, 2016

God, creator of heaven and earth, it is time for you to come, for our time is running out and our world is passing away. You gave us life in peace, one with another, and we have ruined it in … Continue reading →

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Let me never be put to shame

by Patrick Posted on August 11, 2013

In various monastic writings we find two verses emphasized as being among the most spiritually effective prayers. Psalm 71:1-2 (NIV)– In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and … Continue reading →

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Hugin and Munin fly each day over the spacious earth. I fear for Hugin, that he come not back, yet more anxious am I for Munin.
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“Thus says the LORD: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”
Jeremiah 6:16
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I’m Patrick Oden.

I have a PhD in Systematic Theology from Fuller Seminary with a minor in Church History.
I’ve been married to Amy Oden since 2009, and since Easter, 2012 have a girl, Vianne, and as of July 31, 2014 a boy, Oliver.

I teach and work at Fuller Seminary, teaching a variety of courses for graduate students and working to share Biblical and Theological training to a wide variety of folks around the world.

What’s the deal with ravens? Makes a lot more sense than you might expect.
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“Hence I ought unceasingly to give thanks to God who often pardoned my folly and my carelessness, and on more than one occasion spared His great wrath on me, who was chosen to be His helper and who was slow to do as was shown me and as the Spirit suggested.

And the Lord had mercy on me thousands and thousands of times because He saw that I was ready, but that I did not know what to do in the circumstances.”
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“We must come down from our heights, and leave our straight paths, for the byways and low places of life, if we would learn truths by strong contrasts; and in hovels, in forecastles, and among our own outcasts in foreign lands, see what has been wrought upon our fellow-creatures by accident, hardship, or vice.”
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How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the LORD’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
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