Times of Transition, Part One
In this episode, Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen share an exciting announcement about the future of The Allender Center podcast and talk about how...
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Cultivating Space
My husband says to our children, “If I disappear, look for me in a Goodwill store!” His fear stems from the reality that I have...
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Ending and Beginning: Worry
This week, Dan continues a conversation with his wife, Becky Allender, about how we end and begin a year by addressing the prevalence of anxiety...
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Ending and Beginning: Regret
As we enter a new year, Dan and Becky Allender address the issue of regret, and how so often our regret inhibits us from reflecting...
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Implications of the Incarnation: Becoming the Word Flesh
To close this series on the Incarnation, Dan invites listeners to consider how our own giving of gifts around Christmastime is reflected in the creativity...
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Mary Christmas
I imagine her Girl with dust-smudged cheeks. Robe wrapped tight around swollen belly, Fringed dirty. Windblown. Grit in teeth. Inner thighs burning and chapped. Donkey...
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Implications of the Incarnation: Flesh, the Word Became
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full...
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Ponder
I have always loved the wise men. As a young child, it was my favorite part of the Christmas Eve pageant in our beautiful church....
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