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God in Our Senses: Smell

This last week I have been in the beautiful state of Colorado visiting my sister, brother-in-law, and 14 month old niece. The magic of vaccinations

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Sundays at Our House

Sundays were special days at our house. Boring too. None of us kids were allowed to ride bikes or play catch. After dinner and clean

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What’s The Plan?

I’ve been feeling a lot of empathy for the Israelites lately. Out they come from Egypt, feeling energized and excited and elated and terrified. They’re

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A Zapping God?

My students in the Psalms & Wisdom Literature course are starting to write their final sermons on a psalm, and inevitably each semester some come

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Between Me and God

The funeral home gave us a memory tree to plant in my dad’s honor. A pine sapling, barely two feet high, which we set reverently

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God in our Senses: Taste

Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in

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God’s Wildness

I didn’t plan this—honest—but on Earth Day this part Thursday, my syllabi had me teaching nature-related literature: in one class, some poems by Andrew Marvell

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The Obdurate

Perhaps it was more typical than not–that night, I mean. The guy worked a high-crime district, West Palm Beach, where being a cop meant hot

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Profoundly Committed to Racism

Dr. Willie Jennings grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Recently, on Kate Bowler’s podcast, he was asked what it was like to grow up here,

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