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June 7, 2016 by Jed Dearing

A Whisper of Something Else

By Anna Berger No one in the world knows you’re here, Atop this ridge with your rose-flushed face and the dirt smudges up and down your faintly aching legs, you are alone. But God is no one because God is the One and the world is God’s and there’s a whisper of something else in […]

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May 29, 2015 by Aaron Wright

Triangle: Faith, Family and Friends

I nearly froze when she said we were going to watch “The Antwone Fischer Story.” I thought to myself, “The f@!* I am! I already watched that, lived that, and it’s not worth repeating.” As Mary Laymon, our facilitator, would go on to explain, my anxiety was high and I felt out of control because […]

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May 27, 2015 by Aaron Wright

Growth, Weeds and Some Beautiful Things

We were late gathering for directions to guide our first springtime Garden Work Day, but I knew it would look better once we got through the morning. It was colder than expected. So cold, in fact, that I put my slim winter gloves under my rubber dipped gardening gloves just to keep the numbness at […]

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May 23, 2015 by Aaron Wright

Why I Practice Morning Prayer

Two years ago this morning we were in a delivery room exhausted, a little scared and uncertain of our next move. My wife, Brooke, had gone into labor around 6:00am the day before. We had taken 12 weeks (TWELVE WEEKS!) of birthing classes to prepare us for what we hoped would be an unmedicated, natural […]

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August 6, 2013 by Praxis

Potential Placement Sites for Fellows

Placement Sites for Fellows Participation in Brendan’s Crossing requires 30-35 hours a week of voluntary service at one or more of partner churches or organizations. In exchange for this service, our partner organizations provide funding which covers fellows’ room, board, stipend, health insurance, and participation in the programming and activities of the community. Whenever possible we place a fellow […]

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August 6, 2013 by Praxis

Apply to join us this fall!

 Do you need a gap year?  Are you not sure what you want to do next?  Do you want to draw closer to God in the process of figuring it out? If so, then consider joining Brendan’s Crossing in Cincinnati!  We are a young adult community focused around living out spiritual practices in community while […]