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.
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.
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February 28-March 6
Gen Z Dating, Useless Relationship Advice, Harry Styles on Running, and the Relief of Eternity
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Can Poetry Save Your Life?
Some of life’s mysteries, its truths, are so big we can only paw at them with metaphor.
And Then He Turned His Face Towards Jerusalem
A Lenten Poem
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.”
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Same Old Song Lent 4 (A): Heat & Light -
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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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The Cheap Perfume Route
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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