HeyJaredSacred Spaces
A newsletter offering essays, stories, questions, and other features meant to provoke reflection about our encounters with God and each other.
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How to Make it Through Those Unexpected Days of Discomfort (opens the original)
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*From the archives, with updated content“Some days , you wake up having no idea where the day will take you. Even when you wind up in the farthest, most unsettling place, you realize you are still here. And that’s enough.”Last year, those words formed in my mind as I reflected on my day. I remember waking up and thinking, “How did I get here?”Sometimes, the moments of our days feel like we woke up “on the wrong side of the bed.” You know what I’m talking about. From the moment the alarm sounds,
A Snapshot of the Church. (opens the original)
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What does a snapshot of the church look like? I realize that’s a loaded question. So much depends on factors such as cultural context, theological interpretation, and the implicit lenses that shape our worldviews. In addition, the last few years in America have forced the American Church to confront the reality that politics are woven into its mission. How that looks has unfolded into a loud conversation, voices speaking simultaneously to us from all directions.What do you imagine?Thanks
Walking Each Other Home (opens the original)
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* A post from the archives“Are these good for baking?” asked the man sharing space in front of the bin of potatoes. I had navigated around the maze of vegetable stands in the produce department of the grocery store on a Saturday afternoon, and arrived here at this moment. As I looked up, he continued, “I’m new to this.”As I answered his question, my mind reeled with the scenarios playing out in his life right now. He appeared in his 60’s. Did his spouse recently die? Divorce? “Sure. These are wh
What the Wall Remembers (opens the original)
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I never realized how much my picture wall could tether me.I lay in my recliner feeling emotionally and physically drained. It has been a long season of mixed emotions- gratefulness, joy, grief, and uncertainty. I recognize that life is like that. But today feels so heavy. I can do nothing but be still and lament. Life can push against the human frame and sometimes that is breathtakingly beautiful and exhilarating yet other times it feels absolutely gut wrenching.Thank
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