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Burdens & Blessings - Caring for Another

Ken Smith

Mar 22, 2022
4 min

Burdens & Blessings - Caring for Another

What does it take in terms of time and energy to care for another when they cannot care for themselves? Should we take it upon ourselves...

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Britany St.Clair

Mar 16, 2022
4 min

Community with Saints

On most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, you will find me with a group of other people gathered at Salinas Elementary at 5AM. We spend...

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Jeff Koch

Mar 9, 2022
3 min

Faith Through the Storm

It was a highly-anticipated December trek from our Keesler AFB home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to central North Dakota; our Dodge...

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Deacon Chris

Dec 9, 2021
2 min

Grounded

Still, Still, Still (video link) Peace is not something I am feeling a lot of right now. In all honesty, it is not something I have often...

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Deacon Chris

Mar 23, 2021
2 min

Seek and Find Grace

“[Some Greeks] came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’” – John 12:21 I am always...

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Deacon Chris

Mar 16, 2021
2 min

When God gives you adages...

An adage is a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. “Slow and steady wins the race.” "Don't put the cart before the...

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Deacon Chris

Mar 9, 2021
3 min

Prey for Justice

Whenever I hear the passage of Jesus overturning the tables - in a show of dismantling an unjust practice - I picture my friend, Zion. In...

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Deacon Chris

Mar 2, 2021
2 min

Schadenfreude in Jesus' time

Growing up with two siblings, I would often get a small twinge of happiness when one of them was in trouble. One of the perks of having...

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Deacon Chris

Feb 23, 2021
2 min

The Symbiosis of Life and Death

Life and death. Death and life. You don’t have one without the other. It is the human condition. This relationship is a truth we all...

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Courtney Webb

Dec 21, 2020
3 min

Love in a Grieving World

This week, as I’ve pondered this topic of “Love in a Grieving World,” I’m reminded of a song that feels like an old friend to me. This...

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Rachel Crow

Dec 15, 2020
2 min

Joy in a Despairing World

Have you ever thought to yourself, what is joy? Is it just being really happy? What is despair? Is it being overwhelmingly sad? Actually...

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Brian Krauss

Dec 8, 2020
3 min

Light in a Shadowy World

Lately, the music on my radio has been telling me “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” The lyrics of that popular Christmas carol...

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Ken Smith

Dec 1, 2020
3 min

Peace in a Violent World

As we struggle living in today’s world, a world with wars, divisiveness, riots, pandemics, hunger, racism, political upheaval (the list...

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