Development https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Hope: The quality of aliveness in our own backyard Swimming in the Mercy: The everyday experience of hope What Makes for a Non-Consumeristic Church?  Jesus will face your shame with you There is hope: Death will help you enjoy it Anxious and tired: Meditation that turns us toward hope Validation: It’s basic to happy relationships Five assumptions that might tickle the bone of contention Mystical hope in a deteriorating world 5 old churches in Norway: Lessons for now David Bazan and the Dialogue about Lost Faith Kayfabe: Does this key ingredient of WWE explain Trump? A new church is emerging post-pandemic: Even in TEC Did We Make the Advent Journey Body and Soul? Not Sure. Poetry in the Face of Power Top Ten Posts for 2020 “the cure”: Olivia Rodrigo explores her view of self and God. We’re an alternative to slaveholder religion Juneteenth is the better freedom day: Just look at Philly on July 4th Listen to dreams: They might show the way out of this mess Being found: Six things we can do to get there Faith is the little night light that burns in a sick room What to do about worrying “what if” Ozzy Osborne brings it to the War Pigs: The prophecy lives on Advent: Thank God for the Dayspring! U.S. Christians need a new story: Use Columba as an example Why we should finish the fast — or start it today A song lights the way: Journey through dark times Are there really good billionaires? Confession: I am ready to move Six soul-killing political pathologies demanding the church’s conformity Understanding and responding to a “sociopath” Askers vs. Guessers: Where is Jesus on the spectrum? Unlock the John the Baptists! We need furious peacemakers: And they appear to be out there. What do Christians do with corrupt leaders? Planting hope: Even facing the impossibility of family Memorial to Brendan Launch on St. Brendan’s Day Endless Love Chooses Limits Last Twelve Weeks of Shalom House? Who are you at work?: Which way of Jesus are you missing? Being a network of congregations and why that got going. What does Jesus do when he gets in the middle of our dialogue? Jungian archetypes for men: We need the wisdom and balance Being outside of God: Thoughts on being in Parker Palmer and the trouble with autonomy Return to the Garden: All is not lost Inner health prevents the death of resistance: Four goals for the persistent It is revenge week: Check your marriage and other loves