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Never alone

William E. W. Robinson explores how God often accompanies us in life through the presence of others.

Planting seeds

As the church he pastors approaches its bicentennial, Felipe N. Martínez thinks about ways to remember the past while focusing on the future.

Unrevealed until its season

"Seeds were sown by my ancestors and countless others so one day I would carry their spirit of grace and healing into prison. Intergenerational incarceration is a reality. So is intergenerational healing."

Just watch

Jeremy Wilhelmi reflects on encouraging his children to accept all forms of gender and sexuality. Sometimes, this means letting them experience the world without commentary, he writes.

Choosing love in a dumpster fire

"But love – real love that speaks truth, works collectively for change, sacrifices while simultaneously honoring our own integrity – that’s life-changing; it offers clarity and stability."

Recalibrating our vision

"Our disabled bodies do not make us heroes, nor are we tragedies, but we hold within us the truth of the human experience: pain and joy dwell together. We are Good Friday and Easter, tomb and resurrection."

dying plant

A work in progress

Jenny McDevitt reflects that hope finds a way; that creation hasn’t given up on us yet, despite overwhelming rationale for doing so; that, while it may be too late to fix everything, we can still fix some things.

Comfort in hard things

"There is a beauty when everything is in its correct place and we move from A to B. But that’s not how life works. I’m pretty sure that’s not how God works either."

A charge to remember

"'There is always ‘a before’ that makes a beginning possible.' This afternoon, I charge you to re-member by recalling the “before” that makes this day possible."

Grace for complexity

There is glory in acting to bring about the kingdom of God; Jesus demonstrates this for the first part of his life. But as the cross demonstrates, there is glory to be found in being handed over too. — Rose Schrott Taylor

Limitless forgiveness

"When someone hurts us – especially repeatedly – we tend to merge the doer with the deed(s). To embody fire-hose forgiveness, we must unstick the deed(s) from the doer."

Navigating change

Young people navigate change as part of their daily life. Relationships come and go quickly with new classes, new teams and jobs...

Care for creation

Earlier this summer I was fortunate to join friends on a small expedition ship to explore southeast Alaska’s coastal wilderness. The trip..

Dog life

At exactly 4:17 a.m., a wet dog nose nudges me in the face, eager to begin the day. She is an unfailing..

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