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December 8, 2017 by Jane Gerdsen
Young Adult Gathering 2017: Kindle a Hope
“The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment of dedication they are given wisdom and courage to dare a deed that challenges […]Archives
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 […]Archives
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 […]Archives
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 […]Archives
June 13, 2014 by Karl Stevens
Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
We’re sitting in the sanctuary of All Saints Church, in a circle of dim light. It’s morning and we’ve finished doing yoga and put the mats away, and now Fabricia is talking. There is a theme for this first day, as there will be for most of the days of the camp – connection and […]Archives
August 21, 2013 by Karl Stevens
Episode #28: Stop Swearing At Us, @#*#&@#!
In this week’s podcast Ben, Karl and Laurie swear up a blue storm. Okay, actually, we don’t. But we do discuss R. Eric Tippin’s article inRelevant, “Is Swearing a Big Deal?” What, if anything, is truly profane in our world, and how do we, as Christians, react to that profanity? And then we ask an even […]Archives
August 21, 2013 by Foster Pinkney