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By S.M. ReedI read a book this week as an assignment for my MDiv program that was very encouraging to me. If you’ve been following my blog, you may know…
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Are You Saved?, excerpt from “Lessons from the Garden: African Spirituality, Health, and Holistic Practice”
As the years rolled on, I would retain the lessons harvested from my grandparents’ garden as I changed schools and careers, eventually settling in seminary, where I experienced a profound…
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Stop Reaching for Power. Start Reaching for One Another.
By Jer SwigartIn October 2023, I found myself in a bomb shelter in Jerusalem with Israeli, Palestinian, and US American friends and partners. Just moments earlier, we’d been talking about righteous disagreement:…
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Defending the Faith, Ignoring the Christ
When defending the faith becomes more important than living it. by James McKenzie Years ago, as a television reporter, I covered an immigration raid at a ConAgra chicken processing plant…