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Category: The Magazine

Popping Collars #30: The Nones

January 9, 2016 No Comments

Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Vivian talk about the Netflix series Master of None and where it intersects issues of phases of life, diversity, and vocation.

Faith Reels: ‘Joy’ … courage writ large

January 8, 2016 No Comments

This weeks review is the Jennifer Lawrence film, “Joy,” a story of courage and family.

Wreaths and rules

January 3, 2016 No Comments

This piece originally appeared at the Daily Sip by Charles LaFond As the feast of the Epiphany hovers before us – the

I saw Jim Crow in the Mirror

January 3, 2016 2 Comments

In the Magazine this month, we’re investigating “brokenness.” In this poem, Louie Crew examines his own past privilege

Ministry, wholeness and healing

January 3, 2016 21 Comments

In the Magazine we’re investigating “Brokenness.” In this piece, George Clifford explores brokenness in ministry and how the church must strive for wholeness in its ministry.

Faith Reels: The Force Awakens…and also with you

December 31, 2015 1 Comment

If you have not yet seen this film, we will not go into specific details about the storyline. However, if you want to be completely surprised by the content of the film, please read this after you have seen the film. There is a place at the end of this commentary for readers to add their own comments. Please do.

Leading voices of faith who died in 2015

December 31, 2015 4 Comments

RNS has a list of leading religious figures who have died in the past year. They preached and inspired. They wrote and taught. Some lobbied

whither 2015?

December 31, 2015 1 Comment

In our modern, connected world stories rise like rockets and quickly traverse the media sky and what seemed to generate so much light and noise in the immediate experience quickly fade from our attention. Sometimes, these stories speak to deeper happenings in the life of the body (and sometimes not) but here are some thoughts on the Church in the year just passed.

Dainty but powerful

December 27, 2015 1 Comment

Prayer beads are a useful spiritual practice, as long as one knows what to pray while fingering the beads. A good friend of mine sent me a set of prayer beads a few years ago, but because I was stressed, the cord holding the pieces together broke and my inexperience with spiritual practices made the experience a fruitless endeavor.

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