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It Started with a Question

July 31, 2022 No Comments

Our true connection started with a question: “What is your greatest desire for the church today?” Alejandro and I had already been talking for thirty minutes, give or take. We’d…

Curiosity Leading into Green Pastures

Jon Martin July 31, 2022 No Comments

Dave and I met while he was stationed as a Marine here at Camp Lejeune. For about the last 18 months, he and I have met for prayer and to…

Burning Bushes, Burning Questions

Chris Segrest July 31, 2022 No Comments

“You all go explore the mall,” Mom said. “I’m going to stay here and people watch.” People watch? What’s that? Curious, I slid onto the bench beside my mom as…

Ava and the Unicycling Clown

Lyndi Lee Markus July 31, 2022 No Comments

Every evening around six o’clock that summer, a clown with bright orange hair and a fluorescent purple polka-dotted top hat rode past my house on a neon blue unicycle. A…

The Embodied Experiment

Lyndi Lee Markus April 20, 2022 No Comments

Want to see how your physical posture affects your spiritual experience? Try this contemplative exercise to increase awareness of your body in worship. Offer God your observations in prayer, and…

Glorious Eggs and Toast: How Embodied Spirituality Counteracts Trauma

Stacia Littlefield April 2, 2022 No Comments

After working through a layer of trauma in my story, I distinctly remember being ridiculously excited about eggs in the morning. Somehow, the prospect of being able to wake up…

Postures and Progression of the Gospel: Reflections through Art and Race

cacpro April 2, 2022 No Comments

During my sabbatical in 2020, my friend Robin (Klapheke) Jones excitedly asked me if I had any ideas stirring for the painting I now had time, space, and motivation to…

Embodied Spirituality: Giving Up Prayer for Lent

Stacia Littlefield April 2, 2022 No Comments

Back in college, I often lay awake late into the night, mentally scrolling through my ever-increasing prayer list. Sometimes I would drift into sleep, only to jerk awake at two…

Hospitality for the Life of the World

Jody Byrkett April 2, 2022 No Comments

God's hospitality floods the pages of Scripture, and our embodiment of His Word enables us to join Him in bringing healing to people's lives.

Does Fit = Faithful?

Lyndi Lee Markus April 2, 2022 No Comments

Revealing a false equation that results in disordered thinking, eating, and emotional attachments as we swap the balanced, kind care of our God-given bodies for the pursuit of cultural constructs…

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