The check engine light has been blinking for weeks and the driver just keeps going, from that simple image the preacher moves into one of the hardest stories in the Old Testament. This is a reflection on 2 Samuel 13-15: the wrong done to Tamar, King David’s silence, Absalom’s revenge and the avalanche set off by a conversation nobody was willing to have. The sermon asks an uncomfortable question about who really is the greatest threat to a community of believers, and answers it in a surprisingly personal way. Listen if you want to understand why looking away is never neutral.
The Cost of Looking Away
How to Live Together
Conflicts are an unwanted but often unavoidable part of life. Whether we like it or not, they simply erupt and turn our world upside down. That’s when we ask ourselves, “How can we live together without killing each other?” However, conflicts aren’t just about not killing each other; above all, they’re about navigating them wisely and learning something from them.
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