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It Is Well With My Soul

I finished the opening prayer, walked off the chancel, and stood next to my daughter. As the opening song began, she reached up and slipped

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Look Lower

Sometimes all it takes is one sentence in a commentary to set the direction for a sermon. Last week it was this sentence from Bill

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Ephemera

It was buggy and still at the lower end of Cherokee marsh when I left. Nearly home, a familiar helicoptering-like flight hovered across the inside

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“And Still . . .?”

A couple weeks ago my Center hosted a gathering of pastors who have been serving as Peer Group Leaders in our Lilly Endowment grant program

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Pageantry

Apparently pageants are still a thing. In the words of one of my favorite sportswriters, Frank DeFord, “maligned by one segment of America, adored by

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Waiting for Fireflies

Recently Ann and I found ourselves sitting in a ghost town deep in the Smoky Mountains. Dusk was falling fast as our book club unfolded

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Endlessly Remarkable Quiddity

“The faithful ought never to run over the good things in creation ‘with a fleeting glance; but we should ponder them at length, turn them

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What’s on deck

It doesn’t bug me. The truth is, I love it, but it does scare me a bit: my granddaughter is becoming something and someone more

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