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We are indeed ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’

At times, do you have negative thoughts playing in your head that conflict with the biblical statement, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made”? If so, you’re not alone, according to the Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz, transitional associate pastor for Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church in Sunnyvale, California.

We are indeed ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’

At times, do you have negative thoughts playing in your head that conflict with the biblical statement, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made”? If so, you’re not alone, according to the Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz, transitional associate pastor for Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church in Sunnyvale, California.

‘Keep a sense of wonder’

With each of his guests on the podcast Leading Theologically, the Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty opens with the same question: what is making you come alive? On Wednesday, the Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz, a PC(USA) pastor and the assistant dean of Admissions, Vocation and Stewardship at the Vanderbilt University School of Divinity, had a ready answer.