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Jessica Bratt

Be Not Afraid

 I’m struggling to find words today. I’m tempted to just re-post my piece “Herod’s Long Shadow” from a year ago. And I’m tempted to take back

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Vulnerability

Today I want to commend Brene Brown to you, and point you to some of her work that I hope you’ll watch or read when

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The Storm is Passing Over

Today’s guest post comes from Rev. Adriene Thorne, an Associate Minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City. It originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Thanks

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Layaway in a manger

I’d like to introduce you to someone. His name is Pumpkin-Headed Turkey Claus. His creators, the nice people at RetailMeNot.com, offer us this bio: “Who is

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More than a cosmetic fix

Several months ago I recommended the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. A documentary based

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Tough to tackle

I know this might amount to sacred cow-tipping, especially this time of year, but I’m troubled about football. I must admit, I had a great

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Breadwinners

I heard about the Election Day Communion project in a recent newsletter of Christian Churches Together. It caught my attention this week because it seems like

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