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Coronavirus Seclusion and “Amazing Grace”
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Sheep in the Streets: A Reflection for Good Shepherd Sunday
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If you want to witness the resurrection, then be the resurrection
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What I Learned When I Visited Cuba
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September 2019
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I am pleased to announce that my new book, Prayer for People Who Don't Believe in...
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What if God is just the lead character in an interesting story?
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At the end of each academic year, I tend to reflect back on the past...
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April 2019
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Why Doubt Is My Favorite Virtue
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty Anne Lamott In the lectionary, the Second...
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What we call doubt is often simply dullness of mind and spirit, not the absence...
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December 2017
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The Advent season approaches, a season of waiting and expectation. I am rereading some of...
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