Expecting in the unexpected: Learning in darkness
When did we learn to be afraid of the dark? This is the question I’ve been pondering this week as we continue..
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Mr. Rogers had a plaque hanging in his office that read, “What is most essential is most invisible.” Of course, Fred Rogers..
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Seeing the sacred: A beloved text, an outdoor vespers service
I heard on my favorite movie podcast that Brad Pitt does “three films for us and one for him.” I think about..
No more shame, no more fear
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The most wonderful, terrifying thing I’ve ever done (or: What a wife-husband co-pastor team does on vacation)
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