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Wind Posted onApril 7, 2021June 9, 2021

How our suffering during the pandemic can grow our faith

An opportunity for unity dashed to bits A year ago, I was writing about how Christianity was made for a time such as this. The […] Read More

Essays Posted onMarch 30, 2021June 9, 2021

Really? Another Holy Week isolated? I need resurrection.

The pandemic a year later Last year I wrote it was the loneliest Holy Week ever, and now it feels like it’s a depressing new […] Read More

Earth Posted onFebruary 24, 2021June 9, 2021

God is always involved in creation; everything before us is a miracle

We don’t need to simulate death, we are experiencing it We’re looking for signs of life in this season of death during this Lent in […] Read More

Wind Posted onFebruary 2, 2021June 9, 2021

Prophets are filled with hope not cynicism

Sharing my hope as far as I can I guess that’s my New Year’s Resolution for 2021, and it only took me a month to […] Read More

Earth Posted onAugust 28, 2019June 9, 2021

Desperate people find faith, Taylor Swift did

Finding hope in a hopeless world My friend told me he had a hard time not falling into complete despair as he watched the Amazon […] Read More

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