How Can Reconciliation Occur in the midst of Pain | Curtis Ivanoff

Sermon Title - Reconciliation: Finding Hope on the Trail of Tears In the second message, Ivanoff emphasized that reconciliation is a journey that requires tears. Restored relationships require deep pain. And true neighbors (Luke 10) are those who are willing to enter into stories of brokenness – marriages on the rocks, racial tensions, uncomfortable places – and be fully present. True neighbors offer their lives and don’t hide behind band-aid solutions. There are many social ills that plague native peoples in the U.S., and most can be traced to social injustices (one of the most tragic being the Trail of Tears). To continue making progress, moreover, people must also move from being a neighbor to lamenting. To be gripped by the high cost of reconciliation is to embrace lamentation in prayer. For “reconciliation without lament cheapens hope.” By entering into people’s stories and lamenting with them, we together place our ultimate hope in the reconciling power of the cross. Curtis Ivanoff (MA North Park University) serves as the Superintendent for the Evangelical Covenant Churches of Alaska. With more than a decade of vocational ministry experience as a pastor, college campus pastor, instructor and administrator, Curtis serves to advance the good news of Jesus in Alaska and the world. The Henry Center for Theological Understanding provides theological resources that help bridge the gap between the academy and the church. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God. The HCTU seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, and it pursues these goals collaboratively, in order to train a new generation of wise interpreters of the Word—lay persons and scholars alike—for the sake of tomorrow’s church, academy, and world. Visit the HCTU website: https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/  Subscribe to the HCTU Newsletter: https://bit.ly/326pRL5 Watch the HCTU on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HenryCenter Connect with us! https://twitter.com/henry_center https://www.facebook.com/henrycenter/ https://www.instagram.com/thehenrycenter/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehenrycenter

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This is our archive of public lectures and conversations where scholars and pastors offer careful reflection on a range of biblical, theological, and ecclesial topics. The HCTU seeks to bridge the gap between the academy and the church by cultivating resources and communities that promote Christian wisdom. This is accomplished through a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God.