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In the Breaking of Bread

Meditation To be a Christian is, perhaps above all things, to be a person whose life is anchored in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Indeed, the Christian …

The People of the Gift

Meditation The story that Christianity tells is a story that is at once rooted in and consummate in a gift. It begins as the Trinity, in an overflow of love, …

Advent: How Can This Be?

Artwork: Tim Okamura, Courage 3.0. “And Mary said to the angel, ‘How Can this be, since I am a virgin?’” And the angel answered her…‘Nothing will be impossible with God.’” …

Mission in the Space Between

Since the earliest days of my life as a Christian, the idea of having a “mission,” the conviction that my faith leads me not out of but deliberately into this world, has …

To Astonish the Earth

My new people, Thank you so much for the kind welcome you’ve shown to me in my new role as Visiting Theologian for Mission.  I’m grateful to be among you and …

Advent: Strength For Our Song

Mary and Elizabeth, Lauren Wright Pittman. Dr. Gregory Thompson I think that it was the day after Halloween that I heard the first Christmas music warbling happily from the speakers …

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