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Apr 12, 2012

Community Post (The Middle: A Place to Grow)

Charity Singleton

Though we try to mark beginnings and endings when it comes to growing food, planting and harvesting aren't really the work of gardening. They are just the ceremony. The rituals of tending and...

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Apr 6, 2012

Everything Matters: Easter as a Cultural Act

emily wierenga

Editor's Note: On Fridays we're hosting a series called Everything Matters, in response to the post, Creating a High Calling Culture. Today's installment honors Good Friday, the family, and the...

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Apr 5, 2012

When Jesus Was a Consultant

Bradley J. Moore

I worked as a management consultant for fifteen years before settling down with the company I am currently with. Like attorneys and used-car salesmen, consultants are subject to their fair share...

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Apr 4, 2012

Love Upside Down

Billy Coffey

He sits beside me and tries to rein in all sixty-three of his jittery pounds, his brown hair uncharacteristically tamed save for the Alfalfa-like rooster tail, his dark eyes dancing about for a...

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Apr 2, 2012

Community Post: Monday's God is Fair of Face

John Blase

John Blase is writing a series of imaginative pieces, one for each day of Holy Week, loosely based on the childhood poem about "Monday's child is full of grace…" Each one highlights a moment in...

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Apr 2, 2012

A Week of Holy

laura boggess

On Sunday morning, we wave our palms and sing Hosanna in the Highest. And I am swept up in the raucous celebration—wondering if the stones are indeed crying out. Yet in the midst of this...

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Mar 29, 2012

Easter Sin and Quality Time

James C. Schaap

It was her idea from the get-go, but I was more than willing, it being Easter Sunday. Besides, lately it seems I haven't been getting enough sweet time with my granddaughter. "You take my...

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Apr 22, 2011

Year of Plenty

Craig Goodwin

In 2008 a young suburban family of four set out to consume everything according to four rules: local, used, homegrown, and homemade. Year of Plenty tells the story of that year and offers a...

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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge

Add to the Beauty

During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +