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Through the Fire

by Heidi S. De Jonge Wildfires are consuming homes and lives in northern California. Tens of thousands of acres have been flattened by the flames. Several

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Power and Silence

A powerful man abusing his authority by taking advantage of a young woman. The male gaze peeping out from the window; unaware that he’s watching,

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Faith in the Upside Down

By Shannon Jammal-Hollemans I recently counseled a couple struggling with an obstacle in their relationship. One of them had made a mistake that had a

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The Autumn Heart

Yesterday, Mary Oliver released a new collected edition of her work, aptly titled Devotions. I think often of Oliver’s poems–contemporary psalms as surely as they

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The Year of the Enneagram

By Chuck DeGroat Have I told you about the ‘lost’ chapter in my 2014 book Toughest People to Love? The book was originally nine chapters,

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The Question She Asked Me

By Brian Keepers “So what’s the story of the Sioux?” she asks me. The question comes whistling out of the blue, or so it seems,

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The Place of Prayer

By Heidi De Jonge The place of prayer. There is the place of pastoral prayer: A hospital room. A living room. A bedside. A graveside.

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