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Dec 5, 2011
When Love Is an Action
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I have watched how they go these past weeks. Soaring and diving, turning and landing—a migration ballet. I stand in the middle of the street with my neck arched upward for dizzying moments. When they swoop overhead, the world turns and I am lifted to heights, longing for wings.... Read More + |
Nov 30, 2011
Spectacles of Awe - in the Backyard
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Michelle DeRusha thought the ideal vacation would be spending a week of silence with Carthusian monks. (She must be a mom.) When that wasn’t possible, she did the next best thing. She set aside 20 minutes of quiet in her back yard. For months.... Read More + |
Nov 24, 2011
Jesus Smells Like Murphy's Oil Soap
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I don’t know why I came. Many reasons, I suppose—obligation, guilt, habit. Whatever it is, I give up my Saturday morning for it. Meet this ragtag group to pitch in and clean up our church.... Read More + |
Nov 22, 2011
What Was I Thinking When I Signed up for the Food Retreat?
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I’m at this retreat listening to Cliff and Christine Warner talk about their family with its wonderful Sabbath tradition of sharing carefully planned meals with their children...They seem to be living Babette’s Feast while my life looks like the cafeteria scene from Animal House. Image by Grant Harder. Used with permission.... Read More + |
Oct 27, 2011
The Work of a Pastor
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One of our sister organizations in the Foundation is Laity Lodge, a retreat center in the Hill Country of Texas. They have an anonymous blogger known only as "Pilgrim." He recently posted a piece about the dangers of the work of being a pastor. "Preaching is dancing with the devil. It’s a hazardous occupation.... Read More + |
Oct 22, 2011
Community Post: Twenty Men Fixing a Road
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Given that I live in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, and work often in the Washington area, it’s not uncommon for me to drive on Interstates 81 and 66, often while on the way to participate in some sort of discussion on work and vocation.... Read More + |
Oct 5, 2011
Integrating Faith and Psychiatry, Part 4: Work & the Self
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Eric had leadership written all over him. Intelligence, good looks, and interpersonal drive had led to an MBA at a major university. When his first business venture failed, he was on to another that succeeded. Several other business successes followed, as did personal leadership projects undertaken at church and in his community.... Read More + |
Jul 28, 2011
Real Peace Comes From Within
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There is a flat valley between two mountain ranges just east of Creede, Colorado. The valley is about a mile wide and the Rio Grande river meanders back and forth through it. My in-laws began coming to this valley in the 1950s. They and their friends would walk down to the river to wade and fish.... Read More + |
Jul 8, 2011
The Faith of a Teacher
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When you’re an elementary teacher, each year is a new panorama of people and personalities. You have students who walk in confident and students who walk in unsure. You have students who walk in dressed to the nines and students who walk in wearing rags. However, on the first day, almost everyone walks in quiet and a little r... Read More + |
Jun 16, 2011
A Letter to my Doubting Daughter
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To my dearest doubting daughter, Our last conversation left me with a heavy feeling inside. I’ve been thinking about you and your unfolding life journey. You are a very intelligent young woman, and that can be burden. You have an uncompromising, logical mind.... Read More + |
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