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Dear Friends in Christ, We completed our series on the parables of Jesus last weekend. It's amazing how relevant these stories are to our lives. This is the power of God's Word. Through the Holy Scriptures God continues to inspire, instruct, reveal and interpret. In the context of last week's message, we discussed the fact that we are living in a VUCA world. VUCA is an acronym coined by the military. It stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. It's an accurate description of our time. Paul Kinsinger of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, speaking of our age said: "We are moving from a world of problems which demand speed, analysis and elimination of uncertainty - to a world of dilemmas which demand patience, sense-making and an engagement of uncertainty." I resonate with his statement. But the comment also provokes a question. What's the difference between a problem and a dilemma? A problem is a situation in which there is a gap between what is and what ought to be. Dilemmas are messy, complicated and conflict-filled situations that require undesirable choices between highly prized values that cannot be simultaneously or fully-solved. There are daily occurrences where Solomonic wisdom is needed. We often face situations where we must split the baby; where no clear-cut answer resolves the quandary. In such dilemmas there is no substitute for discernment, reflection, prayer and holy conversation.