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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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,…
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…
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…
S7 E14 | How to Honor Limits in a World That Doesn’t with Micha Boyett
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What's the difference between limitations and brokenness? What does it mean to be blessed? How can a dual diagnosis of Down syndrome and autism be a…
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Who “Deserves” Rewards? | Life to the Full
Modern people are rewarded for hard work, intelligence, athletic ability, and physical appearance. Studies have shown that people who conform to our modern Western ideals of height and what we…
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Scorned for Following Jesus | Life to the Full
Everyone who became involved in the Civil Rights movement under Martin Luther King’s leadership was asked to sign their name to King’s Ten Commandments of Non-violence (see photo below). Those…
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God’s Blessing Is a Given | Life to the Full
I’ve been hanging out in Jesus’ words to people of his day that come in Matthew 5. They contain a list of blessings, beginning with blessings to the people we…
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Blessing | Life to the Full
Jesus made this famous set of odd statements about those who are blessed. He started out with these declarations: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom…
