A Place to Belong Podcast Episode
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Were Not Our Hearts Burning? (Podcast Episode)
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Yes, our hearts are burning. They might be big and blaze-y or softly glowing or sputtering with reluctant sparks, but God is with us. We seek God even as God seeks us, walking along the road we travel every single day.
Read MoreFear, Doubt, and Transformation Podcast Episode
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I’ve heard people say that questioning is okay but doubting is wrong, but I think questioning is okay, and doubting is okay too. God doesn’t seem to mind when we doubt. In fact, doubt can be an opening for God to come closer and show us God’s love and care; it can be a means to transformation.
Read MoreDarkness and Light Podcast Episode
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Darkness and light are neither good nor bad; they’re both parts of the whole. We can’t consider suffering apart from resurrection, and we can only enter into resurrection joy while bearing the experience of suffering. Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death and resurrection? Christ is with us in darkness and light.
Read MoreGrief and Glory Podcast Episode
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Why is important to hold a space for our grief, sorrow, and pain — especially if we’d rather look away or just go about our lives as if those emotions weren’t there? Because they are a part of life, and despite their difficulty, our struggles give God a chance to show us God’s love and to show us that we have cause to hope. And we do have cause to hope. Maybe hope is what God’s glory feels like.
Read MoreIs God in Our Midst or Not? Podcast Episode
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When we are present to reality instead of resisting, we catch a glimpse of who God is, and we can see God present in our midst.
Read MoreGo Forth! Podcast Episode
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Before going forth translates to a step forward, it’s an opening of the heart. It’s an energetic movement, one that opens us to others in love and relationship, one that calls us beyond what’s comfortable to risk something new.
Read MoreLet All Creation Rejoice! Podcast Episode
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Let’s rejoice because the reign of God is near and here, among us and within us and yet to come. Let’s allow ourselves to be moved by the beauty of the earth and to rejoice with it.
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