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Facing My Mortality: Why I’m Praying the Compline During Lent

For my Lenten discipline this year, I’ve decided to become more comfortable with death. To date, I have not been a big fan. Fifteen years ago at the tender age of 45 my blissful life of denial was...

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Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Huh??

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice by James Alison.* James Alison’s title for his course of introduction to Christianity for...

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Listening for the Unheard Voice

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice by James Alison.* On 2004 my denomination, the United Church of Christ, chose as a slogan...

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Authentically Boring: The Case for Praying by Rote

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice by James Alison.* Do you recite the psalms during your Sunday worship? How about the Our...

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The Ashley Madison Sex Scandal, Josh Duggar, and the Place of Shame

A woman who discovered that her husband was a member of the Ashley Madison website gives this advice to women through CNN: “To women who have no suspicions, I say: check anyway. It’s sad.” The Ashley...

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The One Thing: God, Faith, and a City Slicker

  This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice by James Alison.* Do you remember this scene from the movie City Slickers? Unhappy city...

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Dead to Me – Shark Tank and the Miracle of Resurrection

“You are dead to me.” Shark Tank is one of my favorite shows. Admittedly, it’s one of my guilty pleasures. The “Sharks” are described as “tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons.”...

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