Hope: Spring Is Coming
Here in western Connecticut, we walk outside and still encounter persistent, crackly, frozen-into-ice snow on the ground. A park ranger informed me on Sunday that the ice on the lake…
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Hope: Spring Is Coming
How Love Is Like a Vaccine
What if love is like a vaccine against fear? Many of us approach this Inauguration Day with hope. Hope that we will turn a corner on this pandemic. Hope for…
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How Love Is Like a Vaccine
AJB Recommends: Resources for Processing the Riot at the Capitol
Like so many of us, I’ve been trying to process the events of last Wednesday, January 6th, when supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol. I’ve been grateful for the…
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AJB Recommends: Resources for Processing the Riot at the Capitol
It Is Time for a Third Political Party
It is time for a third political party in the United States. I join many Americans when I say I am more moderate in my political views than either of…
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It Is Time for a Third Political Party
Love Your Enemies
Imagine being a leader of a school or a church or a community with a staff that included a white man wearing a MAGA hat and a Black woman wearing…
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Love Your Enemies
AJB Recommends: Podcasts Processing the Election
On election day, I felt as if a band of pain had stretched itself above my eyes and across my forehead. It wouldn’t go away. I drank water. Ate potato…
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AJB Recommends: Podcasts Processing the Election
Inviting God Into My Constraints
This is a season of constraints. Remote learning at home. Social distancing. Celebrating holidays during a pandemic. Navigating a contentious election. This week, our kids were home for three days…
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Inviting God Into My Constraints
S3 E19 | Loving Our Enemies in a Nation Divided with David Bailey
The presidential election does not change the church’s assignment. David Bailey, the executive director of Arrabon, talks with Amy Julia about the practices of reconciling communities, the divisions that result…
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S3 E19 | Loving Our Enemies in a Nation Divided with David Bailey
Election Aftermath
It’s been a stressful week for most Americans when it comes to the state of our nation in the election aftermath. Even without a final verdict on who will be…
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Election Aftermath
Uncertainty, Control, and the Election
We awoke to uncertainty, and I find myself wrestling with uncertainty, control, and the election. There is a part of me that wants to say, “God is in control,” as…
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Uncertainty, Control, and the Election
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