Category: Blog

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Preaching Wisdom from The Boss

A Conversation With The Boss I listened a bit ago to a conversation between two musical legends. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, band leader and drummer of

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What’s Good?

In the movie Apollo 13, not long after an oxygen tank had exploded on the spacecraft, the computers at Mission Control in Houston were flashing

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Yell at Servants for Exercise

The cardiologist had been practicing for decades, and she was both knowledgeable and clear in her explanations. She said that many people have heart valves

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A Photographer of Startling Power

For these Sunday posts in January, I want to listen to how people with immigration or refugee experiences find sustenance and purpose in difficult times.

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Blessed Unrest

There is “no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us

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What Now Shall We Sing?

At the beginning of the month, I participated in a learning trip to Northern Ireland, studying peacemaking and reconciliation with staff from the Calvin Institute

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The Flavour of Belonging

As an adolescent in the early ‘90s, the then-popular phrase “on fire for God” totally applied to me. I was a good, godly kid. I

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Joe Biden’s Age

I turned 65 yesterday. Earlier this month I joined the very popular and successful government-run national healthcare plan. Thank you! This landmark birthday has caused

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