As the morning sun crested the Seven Sisters east of Asheville, North Carolina, I stood in its pale light near a sparsely …
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As the morning sun crested the Seven Sisters east of Asheville, North Carolina, I stood in its pale light near a sparsely …
Continue Reading about “The Serviceberry”: A Five-Week Bible and Book Study
“The Lord is my shepherd.” What line would you say next in Psalm 23, verse 1: “I shall not want," “I lack nothing," or “I will not …
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Laying on your side. Waltzing around naked. “Belting your cloak” (hiking up your pants) and outrunning a horse and chariot. Eating …
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“Remember, there are no right or wrong answers but only right questions." ~Elisabeth Schüssler FiorenzaWhen #metoo broke in the …
I used to spend my Sunday mornings working at a bakery, mixing up twenty-pound batches of brioche and shaping hundreds of soft …
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Most of the time when we engage with the Bible at church, we do it episodically. We get small weekly portions from the Revised …
They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all …
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"This beautiful practice can be a powerful experience of praying with Scripture as a family. As the children begin to read, they …
"The pattern is very simple. Read a Bible passage… Be silent… Read it again… Be silent… Read it again… Be silent… Say a …
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