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Ted Cruz and KBJ and MLK and Colorblindness
Ted Cruz interrogated Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier this week, and before he did so he called upon Martin Luther King’s “I Have
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Lent Is Not About Sacrifice. It Is About Desire.
I’m starting to understand Lent as a time to notice my surface desires and say no to them, just for a moment. I “gave up”
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5-Book Giveaway: Contentment and Wholeness
This bundle of books in the 5-book giveaway is a multi-faceted look at how we can live with greater contentment and wholeness as parents, as
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S5 E15 | To Be Made Well Conversation with Katherine Wolf, David Bailey, and Amy Julia
What if I feel disappointed with God? Does grief play a role in healing? Is racial reconciliation a work of healing? Katherine Wolf
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Interview With Penny for World Down Syndrome Day
Penny, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. It’s a day to celebrate the lives of people like you, who were born with Down syndrome.
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I’m Going to Disney World!!!
So you published your fourth book. What are you going to do now? I’m going to Disney World!!! Yes. My fourth book, To Be Made
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Cured | What Happens When We Pay Attention to Our Bodies
“…our deepest hopes, fears, needs, and longings are often expressed through our illnesses because every other avenue of expression is blocked.” – Jeffrey Rediger, M.D.,
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To Be Made Well | YouVersion Study
This is exciting! I wrote a 5-day devotional to accompany To Be Made Well that is now available on YouVersion, the Bible app. Here’s the
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“What Do You Want?” Is Not a Trick Question
My friend Niro texted me a few months ago and told me I needed to pray for 40 days in anticipation of releasing To Be
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Launch Day | To Be Made Well
It’s LAUNCH DAY for To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope! I believe this book can be a catalyst for transformative
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S5 Bonus | To Be Made Well Excerpt
For anyone struggling with pain or loss, for anyone concerned about the things that divide us, this episode—this book— is for you. It’s launch day
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It’s a Party! You’re Invited!
We’re celebrating tonight! To Be Made Well launches tomorrow, and we’re celebrating tonight at 8pm ET. YOU are invited! Join my friends David Bailey (founder
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Welcome! So Glad You’re Here!
It is always fun to have new faces around here, and this week we’ve welcomed many of you. I wanted to introduce myself, and I’d
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Time to Heal
How many people feel inexplicably exhausted right now? We’ve all felt a little bit beaten up these past few years. It Takes Time to Heal
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Katherine Wolf Endorses To Be Made Well
One of my greatest fears in writing To Be Made Well was that it would oversimplify healing or overspiritualize pain. I wanted to offer real
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11-Book Giveaway: Personal, Spiritual, and Social Healing
I’ve teamed up with some incredible authors for an 11-book giveaway! Enter for a chance to win ALL ELEVEN of these books, which are about
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S5 E14 | The Beauty and Wounding of This Here Flesh with Cole Arthur Riley
The effects of trauma often surface in our embodied existence. What about hope? Cole Arthur Riley, author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black
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Without People with Disabilities, We Are Missing Out
If your church doesn’t have any participating members with intellectual disabilities, you are missing out on knowing the fullness of who God is. I’ve been