Guns and poems
What can poetry accomplish?
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Seeing God in a prophet and a purple Stegosaurus hat
Where have you seen God recently?
Belonging in the children’s church
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
Love for Easter-only worshippers
How one pastor’s investment in a theology of belonging has liberated him from resentment.
The sparkle and shimmer
A child in cowgirl boots heralds the coming of Easter for Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Night sky of tears
“Sadness can feel sky high. Yet, the Holy One, who stretched the heavens, walks with us.”
A top hat and tails
It can be tempting to harden our hearts as protection. What would life look like if we lived like daffodils blooming in late winter? Like a middle schooler wearing a top hat and tails to a dance?
Boogie with your shadow: A funeral epiphany
A poem by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Pretty ashes
Maybe our mortality can be beautiful, writes Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Encountering the Holy Spirit: Asbury College and the Transfiguration
Reflecting on the revival happening at a Kentucky Christian school and Jesus' Transfiguration, Andrew Taylor-Troutman considers the Holy Spirit’s call to action.