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John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/17/22

Christmas from Below

Christmas wrecks all attempts to penetrate God’s hiddenness and seek Him out in Heaven. He comes to us clothed in our humanity.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
02/03/22

Victims & Villains

The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
06/14/21

I Have Put My Words in Your Mouth

This is an edited excerpt from “The Pastoral Prophet: Meditations on the Book of Jeremiah” written by Steve Kruschel (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
05/22/21

Pente-what?

Pentecost reminds us of not only what happened on that day described in Acts 2 but what is happening every day: the Spirit of God working in and through God’s people, according to his word.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
01/24/21

Epistle: I Corinthians 8:1-13 (Epiphany 4: Series B)

This Spirit of love permits no Christian to exercise their freedom at the expense of another Christian still troubled by old associations.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
11/16/20

A Poet's Conversation with Love

Love continues to gently but endlessly pursue the narrator, despite his persistence in pulling away in the opposite direction.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/24/20

Hurt the Hive, Hurt the Bees

God made us to live together, to live in harmony with each other, to serve and sacrifice for the health and well-being of each other. When we hurt one part, we injure the whole body. And, as the philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, wrote, “What injures the hive, injures the bee."
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
07/08/19

Three Words and the Truth

“I love you” is great, as long as whatever commitment I may or may not be intimating is mutually beneficial and causes the least amount of emotional strain to me.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
02/13/18

Comfort for Troubled Christians

Jesus is our food and drink, our home and property, our all in all.
David Rufner
David Rufner
11/27/17

This Repairing of Eden

Jesus loves His church. He cleans her up. He takes her as His own. And He leads her.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
04/20/17

What Did Your Funeral Look Like?

The fact is no one dies with dignity.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
11/25/16

How Can We Trust The Information Filterers?

Still, sadly, many polls suggest that above 50% of Americans get their news from social media sites as opposed to actual news sites.
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