Does God have a specific intention for each person?

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Rock Schuler
www.stjohnsolney.org  
 

Rock Schuler was most recently the Rector (Pastor) of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olney, Maryland. He has served as an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church since 1990 after studying for the priesthood at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He was awarded a Doctorate of Ministry in Congregational Development in 2002. In the course of his ministry, Rock has served on an Indian Reservation, in rural Wyoming, and in major suburban areas. In addition to pastoring the people of his congregation, he has been involved in community service projects to serve the homeless, refugees, and the addicted. He’s also been involved in international outreach projects in Latin America and Africa. Rock’s spiritual roots lie in the early Christian Church, in Native American spirituality, in the liturgical worship and traditions of the Episcopal Church, and most especially in his own personal relationship with the living Lord Jesus Christ. He appreciates the mystery and mysticism of the Christian faith while offering thanks for a lifelong and joyous love of Jesus. Rock, born in 1965, is from Wyoming, where he served his first two churches. He is married to Jennifer, whom he met while serving a parish outside of Philadelphia, and has two beautiful daughters, Leia and Rebecca. Rock is into science fiction and fantasy (especially "Battlestar Galactica," "Star Trek," "Lost," and "The Lord of the Rings"), movies, reading, kayaking/canoeing, hiking, and running.

Does God have a specific intention for each person?

In his video, Pastor Rock Schuler talks honestly and openly about how a greater sense of the spiritual can be found. He discusses prayer and the ability to discern the Spirit in daily events, and about how to integrate spirituality into family and personal life. He brings out the distinctions between spirituality and religion, and talks about how to tell a healthy religious community from an unhealthy one. And he deals with some of the hard questions of life – how can a sense of God be found in the dark places, challenging circumstances, and tragedies of life. Overall, he affirms the desire of God for all people to live the joy of abundant life.

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Host: Does God have a specific intention for each person and circumstance?

Rev. Dr. Rock Schuler: Yes, in the big picture, God has a specific design for every individual. In the big picture, God wants all people to be happy. He wants people to live a joyous and abundant life. As Jesus said, I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. So when we look at the big picture for all humanity, God wants us to be happy and fulfilled and within that context, God wants every individual to lead a happy, fulfilled, joyous life.

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