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Revisiting Our Stories, Part One
Every day we’re reminded what it means in this odd and heartbreaking season to live well the Gospel story and the story we have been...
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The Realm of Regret
My husband has a phrase that makes sense when he is talking about finances, but sometimes he says it out of the blue. He will...
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Conflict in Relationships
There is no doubt that we are living in a time that heightens levels of conflict and contention in our relationships. Having just finished a...
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Racial Reconciliation with Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil and Wendell Moss
This week on the podcast, Wendell Moss, a Teaching Staff member of The Allender Center and Manager of Intercultural Relations for The Seattle School, hosts...
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Practicing Kindness
A friend gave me a Skylight photo frame that allows me to upload photos to the Cloud and then watch as the device takes me...
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Engaging and Navigating Regret
This past year was unlike any other we’ve experienced. Our plans, goals, resolutions, and carefully crafted calendars for 2020 were all but thrown out the...
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The Heavenly Host
I have mixed emotions about Christmas. I used to go “all out” when our children were young. I would scare our family by shrieking when...
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Holding the Tension of Grief, Gratitude, and Grace
Though we are just now emerging from the season of Thanksgiving, tomorrow marks the first Sunday in Advent. We hold much gratitude, grief, and tension...
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