Five Poems to Read on Veteran's Day
In Flanders Fields by John Mccrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the...
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Jan 14, 2019
The Resident
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Jan 7, 2019
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Jan 3, 2019
Self-Expression As Worship
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Dec 28, 2018
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Dec 27, 2018
Awkward Saint Crazy
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Dec 25, 2018
Far As the Curse is Found
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Dec 25, 2018
He Has Come: A New Poem by Andrew Roycroft
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Dec 24, 2018
Happy Birthday, Jesus
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Dec 24, 2018
What The Office Taught Me About Christmas
One of the more odd Christmas traditions that my wife and I have developed over the last few years is re-watching all of the Christmas...
Dec 20, 2018
The Family That Sings Together
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Dec 19, 2018
Christmas as an Act of War
The Christmas season is filled with imagery of Jesus as a helpless infant, and with good reason. There is not enough wonder, surprise,...
Dec 18, 2018
He Knows Our Grief
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Dec 12, 2018
Our Advent Playlist on Spotify
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Dec 10, 2018
Bruce Springsteen and the Connective Tissue of “American Skin”
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Dec 3, 2018
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Nov 28, 2018
A Hutchmoot Reflection
For a long time in the early years of my Christian walk, I felt quite schizophrenic. I was generously discipled by older believers, which...
Nov 26, 2018
Intersecting Lines
I imagined something once as a kid, and have pondered it every so often since. What I first imagined was a map on which all the travels I...
Nov 24, 2018
A Liturgy for Setting Up a Christmas Tree
We just read this in our home, and we hope you will too. Use the free download link at the end to print out a copy for your family. A...
Nov 19, 2018
Feelings Like Water
Long ago, in the quiet of our mothers’ wombs, the snow began to fall. Blood and water and food came into our bodies and nourished us....
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