What Can We Do After the Election? Be Salt and Light
In the wake of the results of the American Presidential election, I suspect many of you feel like I do. Bedraggled and unimportant and impotent in the face of our…
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Waiting With Hope in the Dark | Advent Devotional
With all the political divisions and election news this year, it can feel like we’ve come to the end of ourselves. We’re waiting—impossibly waiting—for our world to become less divided,…
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When You Get Knocked Down: The Aerobics of Jesus
I love this imagery of the aerobics of Jesus from my conversation with Rev. Corey Widmer. If you try to mend broken things and get in the middle of conflict,…
How to Respond to Election Results
Today is Election Day here in America. For some of us, the last few months have made us want to plug our ears and run away until the dust settles…
S8 E5 | How to Be Christian During Election Season with Corey Widmer, Ph.D.
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Political divides don't just disappear after elections. If you long for a hopeful way forward, this conversation is for you. Pastor Corey Widmer talks with Amy…
Embracing Belovedness: A New Approach to Parenting and Mental Health
Today is World Mental Health Day. The Surgeon General recently issued a warning about the mental health of parents. Parents are stressed out about everything. (more here) The warning contains…
Saying Goodbye to Our Church
Before I write anything else, I do want to thank those of you who have decided, voluntarily, to support the work I do through a paid subscription to this newsletter. Not only…
S8 E1 | Narrow Path, Spacious Life with Rich Villodas
Apple YouTube Spotify More! The ways we have envisioned success—whether it’s more wealth, social media followers, recognition, or power—might actually lead us away from an abundant, spacious life. Pastor Rich…
The Wonder of Kindness and Joy on Planet Earth
Last year, after we returned from a week at Hope Heals Camp, I wrote that camp “is not a place where we lay out a message of salvation, but rather…
The Good Life Belongs to the Ones who are Unimportant and Overlooked
A few years ago, I was seated next to a businessman from New York City at a fundraising dinner. I asked him about his summer plans, and he told me…
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