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Thomas Goodhart

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Why Stay?

“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child…” Growing up, the story was

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What I’m Carrying to Synod

Over this past weekend my local congregation celebrated what seemed like the full gambit of our life together. On Saturday afternoon we gathered to celebrate

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Change of plans…

The plan was… Oh, so many plans, was that today would be a guest post about, but not limited to, the refugee situation around the

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Plant a Tree

There is a quote that has widely been attributed to the church reformer, Martin Luther: “If I knew that tomorrow was the end of the

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Peace Be With You

“Peace be with you.” Following the resurrection and appearing to the disciples Jesus’ first words are peace. Peace is the expression of the resurrection Jesus

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Maundy Thursday

Earlier this week I was out changing the signboard in front of the church announcing the services and times for this week’s upcoming schedule of

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At the End, What’s Important

Some machine’s alarm repeatedly would sound off sending an annoying beep interrupting our conversation. I would rise, bend around the hospital curtain, turn the alarm

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The Joy of Presence

There’s a picture in the family photo album of a small infant recently brought home from the hospital cradled alongside a dog’s belly, a yellow

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