faith
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The Sower and the Seed
The Sower doesn’t check the soil first; they simply throw out the seed, generously, recklessly, for everyone, everywhere, no matter how ready the soil— at times dry and hard, at times moist and waiting.We are that soil, changing with the… Continue reading
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A Prayer for Myself, the President, and All Who Read This
Today, grant me a shattering, transformative encounter with you, my Christ, ego-stripping, humbling, overwhelming, overturning. Awaken me to accept that the things I own, … Continue reading
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God’s Imagination
God has a marvelous imagination. Just think of a butterfly… a giraffe… a wombat… Or how about the humble amoeba… a fiery volcano… an immense galaxy… God's imagination outreaches ours;we cannot imagine what God… Continue reading
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On Becoming an Anti-Racist: Part Sixteen
CAWS I propose we create a new organization: Christians against White Supremacy or CAWS for short. Our logo/mascot will be the common crow,who, as you know, caws. As Christians, we share this common CAWS.… Continue reading
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In God
Whatever is in God can't be lost, will never be forgotten. God is all and in all. Whatever is in God, no matter how small, no matter how (seemingly) insignificant,can't be lost, will never be forgotten. The snail in the garden, the mug in the… Continue reading
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The Point
When I walked into the kitchen this morning,eager for my warming cup of cinnamon decaf,I found a note on the counter …from Sophia.It started: Sorry we missed you. Figured you were sleeping in because of the gray… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Dinner
"I worship," says my uncle,"in the woods.The duck blind is my sanctuary, the fragrance of wet earth and pine my incense, the campfire my altar, receiving my offering of solitude and of thanks." The others at the table,more conventional with… Continue reading
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On Disagreement
How well do we disagree? How well do we– as individuals, as a culture, as a nation in the world arena–disagree? Part of maturity,part of an evolved faith,is the ability to disagree with respect, with… Continue reading
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A Door
I am a doorthat must open. I fear what waitson the other side. Shut,I shall not transform;I shall not transcend;I shall not live. I must open to release years of unresolved memories. I must open to let out the stress clawing my… Continue reading
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Good Dough
Like a good doughdestined to become fragrant, hot bread,dripping with melted butter and sweet honey,I, too, occasionally need to be punched down,deflated,returned to an earlier state,and left in a warm, quiet placeto rise again. Like a good dough,I, too, relish a… Continue reading