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July 2026: How to Read the Bible, Let’s Go!
I grew up in a world where what the Bible said meant everything. Our approach to reading the Bible was mostly literal. I say “mostly” because we were select…
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June 2026: Summer Reading Recommendations
Dear Beloved Community, It has become a bit of an annual tradition of mine to greet the summer with a post to you recounting some books I’ve read and love….
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May 2026: Who Vocational Ministry Looks Like
Dear Beloved Community, A little more than four years ago, I got an email from a young student in her final semester of college. She was working on a final p…