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A letter to my daughter

Being a Christian means something more than just a label. I took you to the petting zoo today. Like usual, you dressed yourself in your

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May 1, 2011

Honoring mother

The author’s mother let her children experience creation in all its abundance. My mother loved the earth. Nothing could please her more than to see

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May 1, 2011

Longed-for rain

Poetry For weeks, the soil translated into dust, Then lint, then ash, and at last Into smoke. The creek compressed Itself to an unwilling path

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May 1, 2011

Songweepers

How singing often leads to an outpouring of emotion You may know one. You may even be one yourself. They are everywhere. I call them

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May 1, 2011

Choosing to preach Christ

The gospel is unconvincing apart from the Spirit’s power. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I

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May 1, 2011

Subversive women in the genealogy of Jesus

The revolutionary story in Matthew 1:1-17 Like many Bible readers, I used to skip the genealogies because I thought they were boring and insignificant to

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May 1, 2011

We sat down at the table, which smelled of chicken pot pie and sported a Santa with a tub of butter. Sarah (a pseudonym) stared across the table at us, her former foster-to-adopt parents. We had come to her new adoptive home for Sunday lunch a week before Christmas …

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May 1, 2011

Tenebrae

Poetry Our music bleeds close harmonies stretching into each ancient symbol— the precious lamb of God, drink and bread, the substance of our sacred rite.

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April 1, 2011

Marks of a new creation

A reflection on 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according

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April 1, 2011

Journey into the dark

A reflection on Mark 5:1-15 Perhaps we should learn to venture into the dark places so that people will know they’re not alone. When I

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April 1, 2011

Testing or sharing a ‘city of God’ moment?

A pre-Lenten meditation Bring forth the kingdom of mercy, Bring forth the kingdom of peace, Bring forth the kingdom of justice, Bring forth the city

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April 1, 2011

Journey to the cross

A new ritual of Ash Wednesday at Zion Mennonite Church in Archbold, Ohio Remember, you are dust and to dust you shall return. Those words,

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April 1, 2011

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