Reading Time: 5 minutes Who are you? I’m a fan of the Enneagram and all things self-discovery. But quipping, “I’m a Seven or an …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes After we buried my dad, my world was as dark as death. Every time we visited the cemetery, I would …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Mary’s Loss: Death When people think of paradox, they often think of contradiction and confusion. Good Friday is that kind …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The first time I celebrated Easter as something more than bunnies and colored eggs was in 1973. I’d become a …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Like you I’ve been trying to process the most recent senseless killings in Boulder (and Atlanta). I’ve started several …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes My first job at eleven years old was manning a massive industrial lawnmower and cutting the huge lawn for …
Reading Time: 5 minutes A divinely inspired imagination can bring peace of mind and actually develop faith.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Philip Yancey’s book Prayer: Does It make Any Difference? opens with this: “When a doctoral student at Princeton asked, …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes I’m rhythmically impaired. I stumbled (literally) on this fact in Navy Boot Camp. Marching was the approved way to …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes A WINTER PSALM As winter yearns for spring, As a frozen river anticipates thaw, O Lord, We wait on you, …
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