If you spend much time listening to angry people, you’re probably going to feel a lot of anxiety. I’ve heard a lot of tense talk over social media, over the news media, and in person over recent weeks and months. Anger may wield a strange magnetism to understand it, step into it, or reject it. We ...
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When you're in a fog, it's hard to find your way and easy to lose your bearings. I know, because I've been in a lot of fog this year. My forty mile drive to work takes me through scrubby desert hills, across open range, and into a river basin. I wish you could see it. When I first told people where ...
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Hot southern air pressed on us as we floated without hurry down the James River, carried by a gentle current. It neither battered nor pulled at us, carrying us and convincing us it was okay to lay our heads back, close our eyes, and get lost in the laughter. We could loosen our grip and be sure we ...
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We live in a world full of differences, where our paths are interwoven on a palette of diversity. Faith gives us a framework for how to respond. Just this last weekend, I was caught unaware by a plea for help from someone whose differences also made me feel unprepared. What one thing should we ...
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"There are seasons when it simply isn't possible to pull away to feed the artist confined inside. But take heart, the pendulum of the clock always swings back again." Living out Life Creative is part of living as the woman God made me to be. In fact, I would say one of the essential threads of ...
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