Holy Spirit
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God loves you anyway
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6 min read
Jesus talking about love in the midst of crisis is always relevant. Jesus saying each other is the way to know God is even more so.
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Wrapped up in love
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8 min read
The Holy Spirit isn’t a fixer – like we’re gangsters who need someone to clean up our mess.
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We are the Medium
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9 min read
The message of Pentecost is about the power of God. But that doesn’t mean what we normally think it means because God’s power isn’t over us, it’s power with us. In Pentecost, both the medium and the message matter Pentecost | Acts 2:1-21 I don’t know if you heard, but there was a big wedding…
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The failure of rigidity in Christian faith
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8 min read
I went to seminary to find the answers. All of them. To be smart and do the right things. It took longer than it should’ve to see how wrong I was. I had swallowed that ridiculousness whole. Liturgy was uniform and precise. Beliefs were specific and certain. There was a common understanding that went all…
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When the Power Goes Out
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7 min read
The ascension is one of the most challenging stories for modern Christians to believe. And yet, it might be among the most important to hear.
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To Widen the Circle
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8 min read
Pentecost, with its loud, violent wind, its flaming tongues, and its utter chaos of voices which resound into a symphony of unity in diversity, is about GOD so utterly changing the game we still aren’t sure how to play it. The Spirit reveals and reconciles Pentecost | Acts 2:1-21 As Jesus ascends, two men appear and…