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From Durham to Cuba

On a rather dreary and damp Sunday morning, I walked alone through the streets of Durham, England making my way to St. Nicholas’ Anglican Church

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Beautifully Untangled

My son took a trip the other day to the Keweenaw Peninsula, atop Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, atop Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. A peninsula on a peninsula

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I Don’t Want to Scare You

I came home from a doctor last year hopping mad. We were making conversation about our lives briefly during the visit, and I mentioned that

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The Gospel is Political

Those who believe that Christianity is being co-opted by a leftist ideology tend to throw around the term “social gospel”. To bring the gospel into

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Formative Books

Let’s talk about books again, only this time as a doorway into history—your own history, I mean. Which five books were most influential in forming

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Bereaved

Although my voice sometimes catches in my throat during the funerals I officiate, I rarely shed tears. The tissue box at the pulpit is more

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Things in Common

            One of the more formative experiences of my life came when as a college student I was able to visit socialist East Germany some

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