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It’s Always Too Much | Four Thousand Weeks

  • Post published:January 23, 2024
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So I’m in a really overwhelming time right now. We are in the midst of a long and drawn-out move. I’m staying in a rental house with Penny and Marilee…

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Two Resources for the Season of Lent

  • Post published:January 9, 2024
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Two Resources for the Season of Lent: 1. Small Group Guide & Video Series 2. Daily Devotional For those of you who pay attention to the church calendar, Lent arrives…

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Holy Longing

  • Post published:December 21, 2023
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Christmas is a season of holy longing.  Whether we are singing along to "Holly Jolly Christmas" or "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," we are longing for joy. Whether we are…

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When Love Shows Up

  • Post published:December 20, 2023
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On Christmas we celebrate because love has shown up in our world. Not in some vague, abstract way. But love, in the flesh, in the person of Jesus.  And when…

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Holy Disruption

  • Post published:December 19, 2023
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When Mary hears the message that she has been chosen by God to be the mother of Jesus, Luke tells us she was “troubled.” When King Herod hears from the…

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Read more about the article Season of Waiting and Impossibility

Season of Waiting and Impossibility

  • Post published:December 13, 2023
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As many of you know, my husband took a new job as the Head of School at Taft, a boarding school in Watertown, CT. His position was announced a year ago. He…

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Read more about the article Christianity Today: God Teaches Me Through My Daughter with Down Syndrome

Christianity Today: God Teaches Me Through My Daughter with Down Syndrome

  • Post published:November 29, 2023
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Adults with intellectual disabilities can have robust spiritual lives. Are we learning from them? Every Sunday afternoon, my daughter and I join a Zoom call with her friend and her…

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Read more about the article Using Our Spiritual Imaginations to Envision a Good and Possible Future

Using Our Spiritual Imaginations to Envision a Good and Possible Future

  • Post published:November 29, 2023
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I get overwhelmed easily when I think about the future, especially as Penny is about to turn 18. We need to make decisions with her about guardianship and transition planning…

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Read more about the article S7 E7 | How Advent Resists the Culture Wars with Tish Harrison Warren

S7 E7 | How Advent Resists the Culture Wars with Tish Harrison Warren

  • Post published:November 28, 2023
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  Holiday culture wars and consumerism bring more chaos than joy to the world. But there’s hope. The countercultural season of Advent offers a different way to…

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Giving Tuesday

  • Post published:November 27, 2023
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It’s Giving Tuesday tomorrow, so I thought I’d mention two organizations that we love supporting with financial gifts: Special Hope Network. This beautiful organization welcomes families affected by intellectual disability…

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