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An Empty Place

Mark Rood July 22, 2024 No Comments

With our belongings loaded onto a ship for the journey back to the U.S., I find myself sitting among the dust bunnies on the floor of our vacant Tokyo home,…

Transitions and Thresholds

Elizabeth Davies July 22, 2024 No Comments

As soon as you hear the word transition or change, I’m sure a range of images, experiences, life stages, and emotions occur. As they signal the end of one thing…

When Differences Pull Us Apart

February 6, 2024 No Comments

I can’t help but notice that a spirit of argument and polarization seems to have taken over our world. Maybe it feels collectively harder to handle conflict because we’re tired…

Cheating is Wrong… Isn’t It?

Tammy Murden February 6, 2024 No Comments

SEEK TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE BEING UNDERSTOOD The first thing most missionaries learn is the mantra, “Different isn’t wrong, it’s just different.” In situations where we don’t understand others’ actions, it…

Am I Practicing an Integrated Faith?

Felton Woodson February 6, 2024 No Comments

After the George Floyd video hit the internet, racial tensions in the U.S. began to rise—and the Body of Christ was not excluded from this tension. People from all sides…

Don’t Question the Expert

Jo Newell February 6, 2024 No Comments

For as far back as I can recall, being right has been important to me. You might say it has formed a significant part of my identity. I can remember…

Embracing Gray Spaces

Lyndi Lee Markus February 6, 2024 No Comments

“Did you know you have permission to be wrong?” my friend asked me gently. I was in the middle of a discernment process, and heaven seemed silent while anxiety tightened…

Position Mixtapes

Lyndi Lee Markus July 24, 2023 No Comments

How do we know what we know? How do we determine our position, or what we believe, on various issues? We all combine different sources of knowledge in different ways,…

Gentle and Right

Osaze Murray July 24, 2023 No Comments

“Why do you want to do this now?” my business partner asked. “it’s not the right time.” I sulked for a moment, then retaliated. “I’ve been doing most of the…

What I Said and How I Said It

Kenneth Robertson July 24, 2023 No Comments

“Pastor, I don’t know what to think. A loving God can’t possibly think this about me, can He?” The voice on the recording belonged to a young woman who described…

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