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Beloved Community,
“Life is so beautiful. Life is so hard.”
August 12th, 2023
Several years ago, when I began contemplating what would “make my heart sing,” in the words of the National Clergy Renewal Program’s sabbatical applicatio...
Beloved Community,
Gratitude Tethers
August 1st, 2023
When the dear old dad of my oldest friend Anna gave me a hard time last week for turning the ripe old age of 42 -- "that sure sounds like an age when you'd know...
Beloved Community,
Sabbath Sojourn
July 22nd, 2023
Caught in the full and boisterous stretch of weeks that included our church's first time at the Pride Festival, Abigail Cook's final Sunday on our staff, the an...
Beloved Community,
The Special Magic of Camp
July 14th, 2023
As a young person, a week away at church camp has the power to transform. And when that week is spent at Passport, anything is possible!...
Beloved Community,
Healing from Theological Trauma
July 8th, 2023
There are but a handful of countless stories I've heard in my years of ministry about the trauma that has afflicted far too many Christians -- some even within ...
Beloved Community,
Holy Ambition: CBF’s General Assembly
July 1st, 2023
This week, twenty First on Fifth folks traveled to Atlanta for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly, the annual gathering of more than 1000 Coo...