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Underlying Assumptions – Nov. 2, 2025

November 8, 2025

Underlying Assumptions

Ephesians 1: 15-23 Ephesians 3: 14-21 When you pray to God, what underlying assumptions about God do you bring to the interaction? Do you believe God to be: loving? trustworthy? concerned with your life? These assumptions, and honestly our biases, fundamentally shape how we pray, the nature of our prayer life, and a good portion […]

Underlying Assumptions – Nov. 2, 2025

Tagged With: assumptions, Ephesians, hope, prayer, Susan Scott

Underlying Assumptions – Nov. 2, 2025

November 2, 2025

Susan preaching at RMC on Nov. 2, 2025 in front of a colorful quilted banner.

Ephesians 1:15-23 & 3:14-21 Susan asked us what kind of assumptions we have about God. Our picture of God shapes how we pray just like our assumptions about other people shape those conversations. We’re all afflicted with unconscious bias, which we know, but often don’t recognize. The lectionary readings in Ephesians brings us to a […]

Underlying Assumptions – Nov. 2, 2025

Tagged With: assumptions, bias, Ephesians, prayer, Susan Scott

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