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God’s Boundless Love

  • Post published:December 5, 2022
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Wider than my arms can reach. Those are the words I used to say to our kids to describe how big our love was for them. Expansive. Abundant. Never-ending and…

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Prayer and Talking to God

  • Post published:November 28, 2022
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I used to say that prayer is talking to God.  I was trying to explain prayer to Penny’s friend Rachel, who has Down syndrome and is newly interested in Christianity. …

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At Thanksgiving, Don’t Simply Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

  • Post published:November 23, 2022
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I was reminded this year that Abraham Lincoln was the first American President to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. He did so in 1863, in the midst of a brutal…

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We All Need to Know We Are Beloved

  • Post published:November 17, 2022
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Healing is so tender and scary and so very beautiful. Over the past two weeks, I have been reminded of these truths through a flurry of speaking engagements.  From the…

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Comment | To Be Made Well: Why modern health obscures what it means to be human.

  • Post published:November 10, 2022
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Does it matter that Jesus of Nazareth healed a lot of people way back when? Do we still need that type of healing? Are there ways for us to access…

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Praying Like a Child

  • Post published:November 7, 2022
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I saw a little girl climb up onto her father’s lap on a Zoom call the other day. He was reclined in a large chair. At first, she lay her…

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Read more about the article How Can I Practice NOT Proving My Worth?
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How Can I Practice NOT Proving My Worth?

  • Post published:November 4, 2022
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How do you actively move towards being the beloved rather than working hard to prove your worth?  What practices do you recommend for people who are trying to resist the…

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And You Will Be Blessed

  • Post published:November 3, 2022
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Disability and blessing. I preached on that topic from Luke 14 last Sunday, and I wanted to share that with you here. As many of you know, Penny was diagnosed…

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S6 E5 | The Healing Work of Rest with Ruth Haley Barton

  • Post published:November 1, 2022
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Rest is a challenge for almost all of us in our frantic and distracted world. For anyone who is longing to stop and rest and delight but feels stuck in…

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How God Thinks About Disability

  • Post published:October 31, 2022
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As we come to the end of Down Syndrome Awareness month, I had a chance to preach at church Sunday about the theology of disability.  It sounds like a heady…

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