I am just coming back from a visit to my homeland, Switzerland and I am reminded that today, August 1, marks the Swiss National Holiday…
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Love Is the Only Solution
I recently read an interview with Ilia Delio, OSF, author of 11 books, and “American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with…
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Is Independence Day a Christian holiday or not?
This year marks my second “official” Fourth of July celebration as a U.S. citizen. I remember last year, my first official Fourth of July, I…
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No One Leaves Home Unless
no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running…
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To the Ends of the Earth
The Christian world just celebrated the Feast of Pentecost. In our liturgical calendar, Pentecost ends the Easter season and opens what is traditionally known as…
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The Precious Wildness Within
A week ago in a cabin in Swannanoa, NC, I opened Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak. The book, once used in a JustFaith Ministries…
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Quick to hear, slow to speak
Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon A Knock at Midnight: The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the…
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Dividing Hope
I have a small grain of hope– one small crystal that gleams clear colors out of transparency. – from “For the New Year, 1981,” Denise…
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Taxes, Talents, and the Kingdom of God
April is tax month in the U.S. and due to many debates around the new federal budget as well as the President’s release of his…
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My Hunger for Change Story – Steve Halstead from Bondurant, Iowa
I was fortunate enough to participate in the Hunger for Change JustMatters Module in Des Moines, Iowa in early 2017. There were fourteen of us…