Category: Blog

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Prayer for a Blessing

It was never an easy thing to do. . .heroic?—yes, but never particularly easy. Even though they had no idea where it was they were

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From where we get life

I am pressed and angry. Public comments are due on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to permit Enbridge Energy Corporation to re-route its line

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You’re Invited!

Almost two years ago exactly, I took part in a very difficult conversation: to postpone the 2020 Festival of Faith & Writing. It was particularly

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Rehabilitating Jimmy Carter

Perhaps I could blame Jimmy Carter for my political disillusionment. After all, he gets blamed for so many other things. Calling Carter the “best former

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The Gospel of Gomer

I saw a meme on Facebook the other day in reference to the invasion of Ukraine that said, “This is what you get when you

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Masks

We all wear masks in life—I don’t mean masks for a pandemic, but masks to hide ourselves in order to protect us from judgment or

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That Funny Feeling

Last summer, comedian Bo Burnham released a new special, Inside, which explored Burnham’s life during the pandemic and his deteriorating mental health through a series

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Tears and Sin

It is a disturbing image: Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, profoundly disappointed in the religious establishment that was charged with shepherding God’s people. (Luke 19:41-44) It

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Welcoming the Stranger

Russia’s senseless and unprovoked attack on Ukraine has altered geopolitical alignments and economic networks in ways we could not imagine a month ago. A united

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