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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to yourself. Michel...
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Today is Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent....
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Playing With Fire: Be Careful What You Say “Yes” To
Somewhere not long ago I heard or read that one of the top television programs...
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Why Jesus was Obsessed with Outsiders
The first text in the new “Faith and Doubt” colloquium that I am team-teaching this...
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The Words of Our Mouths and the Meditation of Our Hearts
This past week I began a new course with a colleague from the Political Science...
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Advent for Dummies–How to do the season
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Fans of Rachel Held Evans' work are welcoming the publication of her final book, Wholehearted...
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The Trinity and Adult Beverages: A Reflection on Trinity Sunday
Next to Lent, the part of the liturgical calendar that I have always found least...
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Jeanne and I once watched a documentary called “Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action,” created,...
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