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Earth Posted onMarch 2, 2022March 2, 2022

How do you enter Lent after we’ve endured so much suffering?

It’s Ash Wednesday. The beginning of our journey toward death and the cross. We begin the process of dying to what we need to die […] Read More

Earth Posted onApril 22, 2020June 9, 2021

Why would God cause all this suffering?

Wondering is better than answering I admit that this age-old question might be the fundamental philosophical question in all of history. What is the meaning […] Read More

Jonny Rashid Posted onAugust 15, 2018June 9, 2021

Three of my Necessary Losses and how I grew through them

More losses than I thought I didn’t expect to suffer as many losses as I have in my thirties. Or maybe, I didn’t expect to […] Read More

Earth Posted onMarch 22, 2017June 9, 2021

Hope after death, and the freedom to walk through it

My florist calls me around this time this year to ask if I need palms for Palm Sunday. I love the phone call in the […] Read More

Essays, Water Posted onMarch 25, 2016June 9, 2021

The NFL just acknowledged football’s link to CTE: what can Christians learn?

This blog post was originally published at circleofhope.net. NFL Free Agency is open so football is on the minds of many Philadelphians again. (The Flyers […] Read More

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