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The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

Humans are story-shaped creatures. Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives Listen to Our Conversations The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith We live in a world saturated with narratives. From the books we read to the movies we watch, from the stories we hear to the...

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Becoming Acquainted with Grief

Becoming Acquainted with Grief

"Grief is a strong, sometimes overwhelming emotion for people, regardless of whether their sadness stems from the loss of a loved one or from a terminal diagnosis they or someone they love have received." The Mayo Clinic Listen to Our Conversations Watch Our...

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Raising Up Women in Ministry

Raising Up Women in Ministry

"Sometimes feminists are grouped together with egalitarians or mutualists, but the key idea is treating women the same way we treat men - fairly and with respect." Nijay K. Gupta Listen to Our Conversations Women in Ministry "The Gospel is blind to privileging people...

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Living with Childlike Faith

Living with Childlike Faith

"Language like 'being used by God' may have been helpful at some point, but it can create the belief that we need to do something to earn God's love. In reality, God created us because he loves us." Lacy Finn Borgo Listen to Our Conversations Living with Childlike...

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Learning From Our Mistakes

Learning From Our Mistakes

Regret is "a short, evocative, and achingly beautiful word; an elegy to lost possibilities even in its brief annunciation...Sincere regret may in fact be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for...

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Authenticity: The Power to Be Real

Authenticity: The Power to Be Real

Life is fierce and difficult. There is no life we can live without being subject to grief, loss, and heartbreak. Half of every conversation is mediated through disappearance. Thus, there is every reason to want to retreat from life, to carry torches that illuminate...

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Let Your Heart Speak

Let Your Heart Speak

True self, when violated, will always resist us, sometimes at great cost, holding our lives in check until we honor its truth. Parker J. Palmer Let Your Heart Speak What Does It Mean To Let Your Heart Speak? Learning to Honor Our Truth Ask: Am I skimping on my inner...

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Christmas Movies & Heartlifting

Christmas Movies & Heartlifting

“He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of homes, and up to the windows, and found that everything could yield him...

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3 Reasons Marriage Counseling Fails

3 Reasons Marriage Counseling Fails

There is no need to minimize problems. Suffering alone or in silence is a choice you make. It's really true that in one way or another, we do all need help. But first, we must start with the premise that we're all under-trained and ill-prepared, feel undeserving, and...

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3 Practices that Help Us Find Peace

3 Practices that Help Us Find Peace

"None of us sign some supernatural contract for our dream life, but most of us have some vision for the kind of life we want to live. What I felt that night was not only sadness, but anger--and underneath that, disappointment at how my life was unfolding. I wasn't...

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