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Can These Bones Live: Reflections on the YCWI Conference

Everyone in worship the Sunday after the YCWI Conference was asking Rev. Maggie Rust about her time away, noting that it looked like she had such a good time and seemed so energized. One person said, “It’s great a group like that exists!” Her thought? They don’t know the half of it. 

The Spirituality of Travel

We don’t often realize it, but Jesus traveled a lot. He was always on the move in the Gospels, from Jerusalem to Galilee to Samaria to Nazareth. He traveled places his disciples didn’t want him to go. He traveled by himself when he needed a rest. He traveled where there were crowds depending on him. […]

#BelovedCommunity

Hashtag my trauma Publicize my drama Go ahead, paparazzi me and my mama. Don’t understand The supply and demand For our vulnerable blogs And sensational vlogs Voyerism or loneliness? My addiction to the blue screen My thumb scrolling fast and mean, A desire to know and be known Yet the tandem desire to be left […]

Unexpected Gifts

From its conception, I have loved the idea of a “Holy Ghost Grab Bag.” There is something incredibly appealing to me about the idea that we have a place to highlight God’s unexpected presence in our lives. However, as I pondered the concept I always imagined that the story of the unexpected presence would be […]