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Read more about the article What Can We Do After the Election? Be Salt and Light

What Can We Do After the Election? Be Salt and Light

  • Post published:November 15, 2024
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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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Read more about the article Waiting With Hope in the Dark | Advent Devotional
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Waiting With Hope in the Dark | Advent Devotional

  • Post published:November 14, 2024
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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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Read more about the article When You Get Knocked Down: The Aerobics of Jesus
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When You Get Knocked Down: The Aerobics of Jesus

  • Post published:November 9, 2024
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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,…

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Read more about the article How to Respond to Election Results

How to Respond to Election Results

  • Post published:November 5, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article How to Be Christian During Election Season

How to Be Christian During Election Season

  • Post published:November 5, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article Embracing Belovedness: A New Approach to Parenting and Mental Health

Embracing Belovedness: A New Approach to Parenting and Mental Health

  • Post published:October 10, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article Saying Goodbye to Our Church

Saying Goodbye to Our Church

  • Post published:September 19, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article Narrow Path, Spacious Life

Narrow Path, Spacious Life

  • Post published:September 10, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article The Wonder of Kindness and Joy on Planet Earth

The Wonder of Kindness and Joy on Planet Earth

  • Post published:August 8, 2024
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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…

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Read more about the article The Good Life Belongs to the Ones who are Unimportant and Overlooked

The Good Life Belongs to the Ones who are Unimportant and Overlooked

  • Post published:July 18, 2024
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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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The image is a book cover with the title "From Exclusion to Belonging" by Amy Julia Becker. The cover features a group of four smiling teenagers, including a young woman with Down syndrome in the center. They are dressed in casual clothing and appear to be in an outdoor setting with a blurred background of greenery. The design includes a torn paper effect separating the title text from the image. The title text is in a clean, modern font with "FROM EXCLUSION" at the top and "TO BELONGING" at the bottom, with the author's name displayed below.

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