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Another Transfiguration

November 5, 2020

As on that mountain, as in this year, all our plans are overthrown, and following Jesus doesn’t look the way it did before.

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| Reading the Word|| Word in the World|| Civic Life
Tagged With: Bible, Race, COVID-19, Pandemic, Transfiguration, BlackLivesMatter
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Revising the Story of the First Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015

how can we receive the gifts history offers and use them to practice moral reflection, rather than judgement? Here’s the story we read as part of our celebration of an American Thanksgiving with church family and strangers from other shores.

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Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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The First Thanksgiving: Eight Lessons for Learning from History

November 14, 2013

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series The First Thanksgiving

Putting together a coherent story from evidence is hard work. No wonder we reach for story first and evidence after, unless the discipline of History can teach us better habits!

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Shelved with: History|| Community & Time
Tagged With: Holidays, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Evidence, History
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A Thanksgiving Book Club

November 10, 2013

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series The First Thanksgiving

An invitation to read with me through The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God & Learning from History .

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| History
Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Wheaton College
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Hope

Why Hope Isn’t Always a Good Thing

January 22, 2013

Hope isn’t wishful thinking. It’s full of requirements.

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Tagged With: Politics, Hope, Virtue
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Creation Groans

January 1, 2013

Turning & turning – and do we now see /
Mere anarchy at last upon the world?

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Visions & Ventures|| Literature|| Word in Season|| Community & Time
Tagged With: Holidays, New Year's Day, Poetry
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