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Christmas is Canceled in Bethlehem: A plea for Divine Peace and Shared Humanity among the Children of Abraham
So this is Christmas. But in Bethlehem — the literal cradle of Christianity, where Jesus is celebrated as being born — Christmas celebrations have been canceled. As Axios reports, the […]
Where’s God in the Pandemic? Making Sense of the Pain with Four Spiritual Views.
In the United States, we recently reached a grim milestone: 1 in 500 lives have been claimed by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Regular readers of this newsletter know that this statistic includes my own […]
God is Not a Math Problem: Feasting on the Holy Trinity.
For the past thousand years, friends of God aspiring to the Way of Jesus have traditionally celebrated this first Sunday after Pentecost as “the Feast of the Holy Trinity.” In […]
Earth to Earth, Dawn to Dawn: Grace Notes in Loss and Living
Dying, Christ absorbs our death. Rising, Christ restores our life. Christ returns again in glory Ever-New Even now As we gather here. How do we best acknowledge those who have […]