Category: Blog

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Nostalgia or principle?

I’m quite sure I didn’t leave them an option. I sent them off on a Saturday afternoon for a performance of Purpaleanie, a stage play put

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Shut It Down!

On Easter Sunday 2018 at about 5:30 pm, The Clyde S VanEnkevort/Erie Trader dragged her six-ton anchor from somewhere near the southern end of the

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Spy Wednesday

Mid-week of Holy Week. Historically, at least in some traditions, called “Spy Wednesday” to focus on Judas’ turn away from Jesus and towards betrayal (i.e.

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It Happened on a Monday

It’s Holy Week. You already knew that. But what we really don’t know is what happened early in the week. Or maybe we’ve never really

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Leaping off the Ladder

Fresh out of the car after a 23-hour Spring Break road trip, I’ve been contemplating journeys. One of my vacation reads this year was Pastrix:

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Authenticity

Not fitting in at school. Geeking out on a love for church. Seeing a school poster laughably tell me to be different. All of this

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The Wishing Tree

The learning goal for my recent pastoral sabbatical was “neighborhood engagement.” There’s an irony in trying to learn about neighborhood engagement by leaving your neighborhood,

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Capacious

Well hello, dear readers. It’s good to be back amongst you. In December I asked for a two month break from writing as my house

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