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Praying in the Sunshine
A few days ago I found myself standing in the spring sunshine as a houseless man named John the Baptist…
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Othering the Other
These days so much is transitioning as we figure out what is next in this pandemic and there is a…
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Being Rescued
When I was 11 years old I got to attend a week of camp at Loon Lake United Methodist Camp.…
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Stirrings of new life
Since this fall there have been a handful of Sundays where I have gotten to be in the Trinity sanctuary…
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What Is Right?
As we think about Liberation this season and contemplate God’s justice I am walking through deep thought pattern shifts about…
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Lenten Balance
This week Lent begins. My Facebook feed is full of clergy colleagues whose hearts are breaking as they face another…
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Retreat Recap
This past Saturday our leadership team gathered to do some visioning and thinking about where God is calling us. We…
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Shame on You
I recently got an email in response to a school board issue that had in all caps the words shame…
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Unity
When I was in seminary I took a class called Healing and Reconciliation with Rev. Dr. Ruth Duck. One of…
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Smoking or non-smoking?
Years ago, when I was studying abroad in Spain, I started smoking. I was lonely, reeling from a sexual assault,…
