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For Your Consideration: Being a Christian who affirms LGBTQ persons

I’m not interested in changing your mind or convincing you of anything at all. I won’t be jumping through hoops to do so. I have done my best to lay down the pursuit of chasing such winds. I ask that you return the favor to me. And if you are not interested in considering how […]

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this little light

I keep thinking this morning of those who will be afraid to gather to worship today in their church homes. In a place that used to advertise religious freedom, my Christian brothers and sisters are afraid to worship this morning. Now true, no one has specifically told me that this morning. I don’t really have […]

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The Older I Get

I noticed the soft lines under my eyes in this morning’s light. I didn’t like them and felt a little offended to be honest. But I just did yoga with 4 women at least 20 years older than me. I just recently thought of my friend’s birthday – the friend who passed away in high […]

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He’s Done More With Less

Sometimes it just doesn’t seem like enough. Like the chasm is just too great, too wide. The rabbit holes opening into pits of endless darkness. I think what good there is isn’t enough. Those little slivers, those little sparks, those little strands. They won’t stitch this back together. They won’t keep us warm. They aren’t […]

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Telling It Like It Is

Violence begets violence. It starts with the ways we think, the ways we speak, and what we give our time to. It’s what we listen to, read, and watch that stirs us to unrestrained anger and hatred. It’s the conversations we have where we don’t check each other for acting ugly, but instead join in […]

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