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April 2018

April 25, 2018

God’s Calling and American Idol: Part 2

If you’re a contestant on American Idol, you may have the holy desires to uplift...

April 24, 2018

God’s Call and American Idol: Part 1

I love American Idol and could hardly wait until this spring when the show was revived after...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Halos and Other Important Things

In second grade my mom put me in an art class taught by a fluffy-haired...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Save the Economy: Read the Classics

I was reading Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si when I began an article called "What...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

American Idol: A Guide for Hearing God’s Voice, Part 2

Continued from yesterday. While many desires prompt goodness, others trigger evil and thus can’t be...

January 22, 2015

American Idol: A Guide for Hearing God’s Voice, Part 1

I love American Idol and could hardly wait until this month when the fourteenth season...

March 2014

March 05, 2014

Risen Words

A book was sleeping inside me. It was somewhere deep and warm, somewhere just beneath...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The Truth Told Slant

Every winter I plunge into darkness. As Seattle days shorten to eight hours with clouds...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

A Matched Pair of Restraining Orders

Guest Post by Cathy Warner One Sunday during my first year of parish ministry, I...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Come Before Winter Part Two

Continued from yesterday. Paul faced the winter of death, and Timothy faces the winter of...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The Work Awaits, Part Two

Almost exactly two years ago, I made my Good Letters debut with a post titled...

October 10, 2012

Make Your Life an Altar

I recently came across a short devotional on the Abraham and Isaac story. You know...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Halos and Other Important Things

By Jessica Eddings-Roeser Guest Post In second grade my mom put me in an art...