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Faith Is Always Political
“Don’t bring politics into faith.” It’s a message I often hear from fellow Christians […]
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Compass Bearings: Covenant Cohesion
Recently 1,300 Covenanters gathered for our annual clergy conference known as Midwinter, where I presented a Covenant update. […]
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On the Lookout
When my mama was a teenager, she and her sister went to an old brownstone Methodist church in downtown Los Angeles—by themselves. […]
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What Do You Say to Friends Like These?
I sat there with two of my best girlfriends, Katie and Melinda, and wept […]
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Frozen Ground
I am a fair-weather gardener. I spend many winter days looking out my kitchen windows at the vegetable garden we cut out in the back ten years ago. […]
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Evangelism Today: If the story be told…
History recounts numerous missional movements […]
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How to Help Refugees Resettle
I began working with refugees when I returned to Chicago after living in Bolivia […]
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Emergency-Ready Church Leadership
Every day at my office, people’s lives are at stake…not all that different from church leadership. […]
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Compass Bearings: Prayer and the Heart of God
Lord, teach us to pray. It is a request a disciple makes of Jesus after observing him in prayer. […]
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The Magic of Christmas Is in Jesus’s Heart
Christmas Eve morning. I am jammed into a baking schedule […]
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