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In Every Place

I attended my first YCWI conference in 2018. Travel and housing expenses weren’t going to hold me back — the conference was held in the city where I lived! I had lived in that city (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) for four years. The place mattered to me because it was convenient. But I did not […]

Sacred Land and Oil: One Pastor’s Response to #noDAPL

My childhood in rural Alaska was defined by three things: my Christian faith, a connection to specific land, and big oil. My Lutheran grandparents homesteaded in Alaska in the early 1960s, and the 160 acres they claimed remains one of the most sacred spaces in my life. My mother’s family still lives on that land, […]