Faith, Hope, and Love, The Journey – A Poem by Julie Clark
The Journey Is longer than I thought It would be (I was only 17 when I became aware of it And the…
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Advent: Personal Reflections
On this cold evening of December 3rd, the flame of one candle severs the darkness and eases the chill. It is the first Sunday…
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A Series of Laments by Julie Clark: #2 – Two Small Coins
I am writing a series of laments. As a white evangelical Christian, I did not learn to lament in my religious or cultural background. This…
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A Series of Laments by Julie Clark: #1 Grieving Violence in Our Land
I am writing a series of laments. As a white evangelical Christian, I did not learn to lament in my religious or cultural background. This…
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Back to Almaty – A Runner’s Reflections on Four Continents in Ten Days
“Вы профессиональный бегун? Are you a professional runner?” I’m on a city bus in Almaty, Kazakhstan on my way to run in a local city…
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Snapshots of a Third Culture Kid
As a Third Culture Kid (TCK), I often wrestle with who I was and who I am today. The following are snapshots from the…
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When We Open Our Hands: Strangers, Foreigners, Refugees
Why welcome the stranger? Are you afraid you don’t have enough Resources for yourself? Your family? Your nation? Not enough jobs? Did you forget…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Timely Challenge to White Moderates, Especially Those in the Church
Over 50 years ago on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama where…
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Fertile Ground / No Place For Hate – A Poem by Julie Clark
What is this fertile ground Where hoods are removed And torches lit? Where these actions and words Of violence and hate Reverberate across the…
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Is Anybody Listening? – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
Is Anybody Listening? We are a nation of opinions Someone is always talking Which leads me to wonder, Who is listening? Who is taking…
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Two Pop Songs on Fathers & Mothers: Taylor Swift & Lukas Graham – Father’s Day 2017
We’d like to offer two pop songs as Father’s Day approaches this year: one from Lukas Graham, a Danish pop and soul band, called “7…
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One Seven Four – A Poem by Ed Martinez
I Woke up this morning, my church was on my mind. Wakened with a sense of awe as I looked through my tired eyes….
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