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April 2021

April 25, 2021

Team Sports: When They Work and When It Don’t

Photo by Alliance Football Club on Unsplash I love me some team sports. The NCAA...

April 14, 2021

Why I Have a Crush on ‘Doubting Thomas’

Doubting Thomas gets a royally bad rap. There's a lot he has to teach us...

April 03, 2021

Easter and the Again Adventure

Resurrection isn't just an ancient historical event. It's something available again and again to each...

March 2021

March 27, 2021

Reserved Powers in Real Life

If the Christian faith had a constitution and bylaws (spoiler alert: it does), what could...

March 16, 2021

Salvation at the Ballpark

If the water is what you need, does it really matter how the bucket gets...

March 06, 2021

Playing By the Rules…Or Not

The rules we follow - or not - make us who we are.

February 2021

February 27, 2021

On Seeing and What Is Seen

Maybe it's not what we look at. Maybe it's how we see.

February 20, 2021

Jesus Loves Tidy

The water of floods and the dryness of desert may be just what we need...

February 13, 2021

Fame, Fortune, and Reluctant Rock Stars

Jesus, the reluctant rock start, has the perfect message in the Gospel reading this week...

February 09, 2021

The Magic of Amish Friendship Bread

Photo by Kalen Kemp on Unsplash I too am over the fern motif. Enough already....

February 07, 2021

A Fern By Any Other Name, Part 2

Jesus' formula for the fullness of life is clean and simple. But not easy.

February 06, 2021

A Fern By Any Other Name, Part 1

<img src="https://frequentlyfaithful.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/katie-wasserman-TELK5AaZ1Q8-unsplash.jpg" alt="<span>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@katie_wasserman?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Katie Wasserman</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/veriegated-fern?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>Photo by Katie Wasserman on Unsplash...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

On Bulbs, Becoming, and Beauty that Awaits

Photo compliments of my own gosh darn phone For Christmas this year, my sister gave...

January 23, 2021

Getting in Cars with Strangers

Photo by Adrien Bruneau on Unsplash Every morning during elementary school, my sister and I...

January 18, 2021

On Following

Yes, the world needs good leaders, but the greater need today may be in following.

January 16, 2021

Up a Creek

Photo by Lucas Ludwig on Unsplash One of the thousands of downsides to shelter-in-place orders...

January 16, 2021

Furious Grapes

Photo by Валерия on Unsplash I have been teaching a literature class virtually for high...

January 16, 2021

I Am Not Brave

Photo by Benjamin DeYoung on Unsplash Many years ago, I spent a few days in...

January 16, 2021

There’s An App For That

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Wouldn’t it be great if someone invented a kind...

January 16, 2021

Being Open When the Door is Closed

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Have you ever had one of those times in...

January 10, 2021

Regular Folk

Photo by Lisanto on Unsplash If you were to listen to the last 20 or...

January 04, 2021

Slogging Through the Muck

Photo by roya ann miller on Unsplash