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Create, Contemplate, and Calm: Hosting an Arts Retreat for Advent

The season of Advent is marked by expectation and longing. We await the season of Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Christ. …

When asked, what is your favorite season? I am always compelled to say, “Advent!” (even though I know they probably expect one of …

Writing is a way of paying close attention to our lives. Finding just the right words to describe our thoughts, emotions, and …

I am flattened by how helpless I have felt by the isolation and suffering uncovered, highlighted, and underscored in these past …

In the decade I have been serving in Christian education, I have found that it is necessary to have a few “back-pocket” ideas that …

Those of us in ministry are often in search of opening prayers for beginning a meeting or event. Here are four recommendations …

As we enter the holiest week of the Christian liturgical year, prayers, poems, and devotionals can help us connect more deeply …

For many people in Native American communities, the federal holiday Columbus Day serves as a painful reminder of the brutal …

These days when I talk to fellow families, I hear the same echoes in our voices. We’re weary. We need …

This land is your land, but it once was my landBefore we sold you Manhattan IslandYou pushed my nation to the reservationThis land …