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April 2025: Signs of New Life
April 7th, 2025
As we begin the month of April, new life is emerging all around us. Our physical world is teeming with new signs of life. Tree leaves. Flowers. Birdsong. Buzzin...
March 2025: The Long Road
February 27th, 2025
Dear Beloved Community, As I’m writing to you today, I’m flanked with the dearest of friends around me. It’s time for my annual peer learning group ret...
February 2025: Finding Belonging
February 10th, 2025
“Do you have siblings?” “Have you been to the beach in the past year?” “Are you a preacher’s kid?” “Have you ever lived overseas?” “Do you e...
January 2025: Finding the Good Life in 2025
January 26th, 2025
Happy new year, Beloved Community!...
2024 Year in Review
December 27th, 2024
It has become my custom to share what amounts to a "Year in Review" letter with you in late December. I suppose I come by this instinct honestly, as one formed ...
December 2024: Gifts From the Heart
December 12th, 2024
It's Christmas Eve - the car is packed, the kids are getting antsy and you find yourself looking at a "Road Closed" sign blocking your way to grandma's house. ...