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Ringing Out Grief, Ringing In Hope

Nearly 200 years ago, a man named Arthur Henry Hallam died at the age of 22 of a cerebral hemorrhage. His death profoundly affected his college friend, a man we know as Alfred Lord Tennyson. His grief was deep, and Arthur’s death literally shook the foundations of his world. He journeyed into and through his…

Lies, Distortions, Manipulation – How to Sell a Bible

On Sunday, we reflected on truth and lies, considering in particular how truth endures no matter our attempts at twisting, distorting, or spinning it into something else… or our attempts to deny it completely. Jesus, as we saw and read clearly from Luke 8:17, insists that all those hidden machinations that are required to support…

Which Way Will This Go?

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how two people often experience the same thing in vastly different ways. In dramatic ways, we see this every news cycle as those within political silos of isolation receive vastly different information about what has happened and which is purposefully presented to provoke contrasting responses — and usually responses of…