The Grace of Just Showing Up (With Cheetos)
Those in a crisis don’t need flowers to cheer them up; they need a hand to hold.
Heaven Is a Playground (And We’re Ruining It)
Enjoyment becomes contingent on performance, on winning, on being right. You’re not watching anymore. You’re auditing.
Another Week Ends
February 28-March 6
Gen Z Dating, Useless Relationship Advice, Harry Styles on Running, and the Relief of Eternity
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Giving Up Giving Up for Lent
The Relief of Resolve
Two Kinds of Churches
“Jesus Saves” and “Golden Rule”
Flat Earth
Finding Beauty (and Grace) When Everything Looks the Same
No Remorse
“No one comes out of this courthouse happy.”
Seeing Ourselves in Our Enemies
Sympathy for the Devil in George Saunders’ Latest Novel
March Playlist
Trashcan Sinatras, HAIM, Millie Jackson, John Van Deusen, and More
Podcasts
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Same Old Song Lent 4 (A): Heat & Light -
The Mockingpulpit “Jesus Can Go Back” – Lara Musser Gritter -
The Mockingcast Episode 291: Happiness Weighs an Extra Twenty Pounds -
PZs Podcast Episode 410 – HELLO (H E L L O) E L O -
The StoryMakers Podcast Episode 29: Set The Table: Quality vs. Quantity with Sarah Copeland -
The Brothers Zahl Episode 19: Parenting
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Teaching Grace in a Secular Classroom
A place where light can pour in and hope and connection can flourish.
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God’s Megaphone
I enter into Jesus’ suffering and, in his suffering, there is healing.
Empathy and Grace
New Life Beneath the Canopy of Normalcy
Waiting Greedily
An Alternative to Cutting Out Sweets for Lent
We Need to Be Told Who We Are
Creaturely Identity in a Digital Age
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Pre-Conference Workshops and Breakout Session Talk Titles
The Three-Quarter Life Crisis
When There Are No More Ladders to Climb