Category: Humanity
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Thieves of the Forest: A Parable
Soon, though, they realized all was not well in the forest. Huge swathes of woodland vanished, seemingly overnight; only shallow stumps remained to prove trees were ever there. Wildlife numbers dwindled. Even once-mighty rivers slowed to a trickle further downstream.
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No, We Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen – and That’s a Gift
Humans can’t predict the future. Rather than fret about what the Trump administration may or may not do, let’s choose how we want to live.
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Liturgy of Cups and Paths
:July 14-20
Some lift the cup in joy, in contentment, or in peace; Others lift it in bitterness, or sorrow, or pain. May each one sense you near, within reach, close as the cup in the hands.
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Liturgy from Solitude
:July 7-13
As you journey through these days, May you be aware of the God who journeys with you, The God who journeys with all, In all times and all seasons.
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Liturgy of Nearness
:June 30-July 6
Eternal glory to the Father, the Son and the Spirit of God. So it was at the dawning of the world. So it is in the moments we live. So it will be to the ages of ages. Eternal glory to the Three who are One.
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The Biggest Relativists of All
Be on your guard, they warned me. A new danger was rising, they warned me. Christianity itself was about to face its greatest existential threat, they warned me. With imprecations like these, some of my evangelical leaders warned me about insidious villains emerging from the dark realm to destroy the very fabric of faith. These…
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White Evangelicals: It’s Time to Own Our Choices
We white American Evangelicals should take responsibility for the situation we’ve fostered and the president we’ve enabled.
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Hope Less?
To put it in the most raw and unvarnished terms, watching this shitshow leaves a flat, cynical sensation where hope used to be. But I want to put my rally cap back on.
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The Gift of Struggle
Humans in western society have a natural aversion to struggle (as our cries to ‘get back to normal’ show clearly). But don’t be in a hurry to escape it!
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Who’s the Goat?
I would get within a hair’s breadth of defeating Bowser once and for all, before my game of Super Mario Brothers would freeze up. I don’t have to tell you how frustrating that is. Restarting my Nintendo Entertainment system, blowing the dust from the back of the cartridge and the console’s cartridge slot – nothing worked….