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LENTEN REFLECTION | “But God”
by Sandra T. Montes You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good. —Genesis 50:20 (NIV) Lent is a great time...
By Sandra T. Montes
2020 in Review: Stories of Lasting Change
No one could have predicted at the beginning of last year that this is where we would be at the start of 2021. Through it all, we’ve been inspired ...
My 2021 New Year’s Resolution: Hope
As we bid farewell to 2020, there cannot be many of us who look back on the year with unalloyed joy. By any measure, it’s been a tough and tragic y...
By Rob Radtke
The Irrational Season
Photo: Adoration of the Child by Gerrit Van Honthorst Today all across our homes, our politics and our nations, we stand poised between anguish and...
By Abagail Nelson
The Gifts of St. Nicholas
As a boy, I remember one Christmas when my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to show me Santa Claus had come to our home. I remember the bl...
By Chad Brinkman
Thankful in 2020? Absolutely!
Thanksgiving. The word fills our minds, hearts and senses with thoughts, memories, sounds, smells and images – family gatherings, chaotic kit...
By Josephine Hicks
