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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...

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January 2025: Finding the Good Life in 2025

January 26th, 2025

Happy new year, Beloved Community!...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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November 2024: Saints

November 5th, 2024

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” So begins Chapter 12 of the letter to the Hebrews, after the writer has given ...

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October 2024: Look for the Helpers

October 8th, 2024

A good mother once said “look for the helpers” so I survey the skeletal remains of the flood and see so many caring giving, sharing wha...

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