What portrait of a life of faith do you carry with you? Mine tends to focus on doing: praying, reading and studying scripture, …
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What portrait of a life of faith do you carry with you? Mine tends to focus on doing: praying, reading and studying scripture, …
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I was recently in a group discussion where the leader asked, "Do you practice what you preach?" This is a fair question and a good …
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Six months after being widowed at the age of 61, I heard God’s voice calling me to move from sadness to joy. I realized that all …
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Sue Vogelman taught kindergarten and first grade for more than 10 years at Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS) in Newtown, CT. She …
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I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …
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We have crossed the threshold into the long, green season after Pentecost. We have turned the corner into "Ordinary Time." Program …
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With increasing frequency, acts of mass violence continue appearing in news headlines. The urge to act is often stifled by the …
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It’s estimated that nearly 1 in 5 adults in the US, or more than 50 million people, suffer from some form of mental illness. That …
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It can be intimidating, as a new campus minister, to think about campus outreach. Where's the highest foot traffic place to table? …

If you went away to college, you may remember how receiving a box of goodies that smelled like home could immediately take you …
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