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When you want to forget bad things (opens the original)
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You may have seen the film “The Sheep Detectives.” And if so, you know that the story is about a beloved shepherd that is murdered and how his sheep determine to solve the crime. Three sheep—Lily, the shepherd’s favorite—Sebastian, and Mopple, don’t need any real disguise as they get clues from the village to find the murderer because they are sheep. As they walk through the village of Denbrook, they pass a church and the three of them have a conversation about God as they stand sheepishly (see
Amish Pie + the Cure of Souls (opens the original)
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This week I accompanied my mom and a group of seniors from church to Shipshewana, Indiana—Amish country. Black buggies trotted along rainswept streets beside hurtling SUVs and large tour buses as our church vans dodged both excessive heat and impending rain. Our 87-year-old guide had been a professional guide in Amish country for many years, so we got a bit of a backstage pass and a few more conversations with actual Amish people (this made it feel a little less like the Amish safari). The first
How to belong at church (opens the original)
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If you have been around here for a while, you know that Henri Nouwen has helped me understand something important about this. The greatest gift we can give another person is something of the belovedness we have received from God. When we plant that gift in the soil of a church community, it grows into something the culture has stopped knowing how to grow on its own—belonging.Subscribe nowI believe that sharing belovedness is the way forward for the loneliness that
Breadcrumbs of grace at your feet (opens the original)
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I want to gently open the door of grace in your spiritual life. When some tells you what you must believe about God or do for God, may you put your hands into the steaming water with the dishes and remember how Jesus washes your soul. Or walk out into the garden barefoot, and turn your hands into the damp soil, and feel the physical world that tells us the story of God. When there are theological battles that demand your compliance, may you to open a children’s story bible and read the words of
How to influence people more than Dolly Parton (opens the original)
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There is something worth noticing in how our nation has grieved the loss of Dolly Parton. She represented a force of love, compassion, and humanitarianism, and for many others, she even represented faith itself, worn with care alongside her sparkles and country boots. Whatever she meant something or nothing to you, the size of national collective grief is a sign. We are a culture hungry for people who are full of kindness, love and grace, and who are plain old do-gooders and share what they have
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