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{ This Advent, We Mourn }

23 Dec, 2014

Our streets tremble these days. They quake with so much wrong and woe. How can we think of green garlands and twinkle lights, or send carolers out…

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{ Deeper Story: none to comfort }

15 Dec, 2014

I used to anticipate Christmas. I anticipated The Birth, the joy and the peace. The weeks of waiting, called Advent, intensified the arrival of the baby. The…

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{ I am the betrayer }

13 Dec, 2014

Often times personal lament and confession overlap. There are moments we see ourselves amid the ashes and we complain, confess, speak out our part in the wrongness…

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some to comfort

01 Dec, 2014

Everyone wants to deck the halls with blaring reds and shining silvers, eager to rush into celebration. We love the Christmas music, old and new, the blow-out…

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{ ShePonders: Another Arrival }

03 Dec, 2013

Four hundred years of waiting for a Messiah who never came. Malachi said the day is coming… but no one arrived to save Israel. The prophets were…

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Week With Walter: Russ Graeff

29 Apr, 2013

Russ and I met in college – in Freshmen Composition, to be exact. Smart, witty, kind – he stood out in a quiet way that I admired.…

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{ ShePonders: Mary’s Song }

03 Jan, 2013

  Some moments generate such momentum that song spills out naturally. Right in the middle of Les Miserables I became a gushing spring – singing aloud, waving…

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my advent ache

04 Dec, 2012

                    Advent speaks to deep places in me. Each year I eagerly await the season known for anticipation…

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