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A new post is up at #FindingFaithAgain. I’ve been a bit quiet lately — turns out I’m thinking about writing a fiction book, which has me reflecting on penultimate moments.
The moments just before everything changes.
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The moments just before everything changes.
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Standing at the Gate Called Beautiful: Penultimate Moments
Wherein I ramble about Acts 3, beautiful gates, and the moments before life-changing things happen.
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May 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A new post is up at #FindingFaithAgain. I’ve been a bit quiet lately — turns out I’m thinking about writing a fiction book, which has me reflecting on penultimate moments.
The moments just before everything changes.
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The moments just before everything changes.
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I started reading Buechner’s The Clown and the Belfry and came across a line: “Faith is homesickness… less a sure thing than a hunch.” It made me realize I am not sure I have ever really answered, in a deeper way, the question of what faith actually is.
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What Is Faith?
I have a hunch that what we hope is true just might be. What I’m learning about faith from Buechner, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Trotter.
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April 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I started reading Buechner’s The Clown and the Belfry and came across a line: “Faith is homesickness… less a sure thing than a hunch.” It made me realize I am not sure I have ever really answered, in a deeper way, the question of what faith actually is.
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My little Duncan played Toto in the school play!
#findingfaithagain #findingGod #findingfaith #wizardofOz
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#findingfaithagain #findingGod #findingfaith #wizardofOz
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When Your Dog Plays Toto (and Other Weird & Wonderful Ways God Works)
My dog was in a play. It was weird and wonderful and reminded me that not every 'holy' moment comes in a neat and tidy way.
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April 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My little Duncan played Toto in the school play!
#findingfaithagain #findingGod #findingfaith #wizardofOz
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#findingfaithagain #findingGod #findingfaith #wizardofOz
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I wrote about a painting on my wall and I’m starting to think we don’t see as much as we think we do. Also: “apocalypse” doesn’t mean what we’ve been taught it means. #faith #hope
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The Page We Cannot Yet See / Apokalypsis
What if the story — our story, God’s story — is always larger than the part we are able to read in any given moment?
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March 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I wrote about a painting on my wall and I’m starting to think we don’t see as much as we think we do. Also: “apocalypse” doesn’t mean what we’ve been taught it means. #faith #hope
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Early Christians carved two words into tombs beneath Rome:
Noli timere — Do not be afraid. Which raises an interesting question. Why would people write “do not fear” in a place dedicated to death?
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#Christianity #Faith #Lent #Faith #Lent #DoNotBeAfraid
Noli timere — Do not be afraid. Which raises an interesting question. Why would people write “do not fear” in a place dedicated to death?
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#Christianity #Faith #Lent #Faith #Lent #DoNotBeAfraid
Noli Timere: What “Do Not Be Afraid” Really Means in a Fearful World
On "Fear over Faith," Noli timere, and burning ships.
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March 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Early Christians carved two words into tombs beneath Rome:
Noli timere — Do not be afraid. Which raises an interesting question. Why would people write “do not fear” in a place dedicated to death?
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#Christianity #Faith #Lent #Faith #Lent #DoNotBeAfraid
Noli timere — Do not be afraid. Which raises an interesting question. Why would people write “do not fear” in a place dedicated to death?
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#Christianity #Faith #Lent #Faith #Lent #DoNotBeAfraid
What happens when we still believe in God and still affirm resurrection, yet find ourselves struggling to imagine how things could actually change in the world around us? I call this imaginative depletion. #FindingFaithAgain #Lent #Resurrection #Hope
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Imaginative Depletion
Has your imagination for what God can do and how things can change become so small as to be almost non-existent? You aren't alone, friend.
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March 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
What happens when we still believe in God and still affirm resurrection, yet find ourselves struggling to imagine how things could actually change in the world around us? I call this imaginative depletion. #FindingFaithAgain #Lent #Resurrection #Hope
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I’m almost done with The Brothers Karamazov and I did not expect Dmitri to become my favorite disaster of a human.
“I am a wretch, but I love Thee.”
Still thinking about this line and how uncomfortably close it feels to Romans 7.
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“I am a wretch, but I love Thee.”
Still thinking about this line and how uncomfortably close it feels to Romans 7.
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Sinner & Saint
“I am a wretch, but I love Thee.” Why our contradictions may trouble us more than they trouble God.
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February 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I’m almost done with The Brothers Karamazov and I did not expect Dmitri to become my favorite disaster of a human.
“I am a wretch, but I love Thee.”
Still thinking about this line and how uncomfortably close it feels to Romans 7.
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“I am a wretch, but I love Thee.”
Still thinking about this line and how uncomfortably close it feels to Romans 7.
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This week, this season, maybe you need to hear this: God does not abandon a wounded world, but remains faithfully with it until, in God’s time, all shall be made well.
I hope you will read this post and that it will encourage you!
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I hope you will read this post and that it will encourage you!
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Pep Talk Time! Today's Lesson: "All Shall Be Well, and All Manner of Thing Shall Be Well"
God does not abandon a wounded world, but remains faithfully with it until, in God’s time, all shall be made well.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
This week, this season, maybe you need to hear this: God does not abandon a wounded world, but remains faithfully with it until, in God’s time, all shall be made well.
I hope you will read this post and that it will encourage you!
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I hope you will read this post and that it will encourage you!
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I’ve been thinking about what makes a life legible — not impressive or persuasive, just readable as belonging to something deeper. This one was shaped by Scripture, a lot of internal questions, and my unexpected love for The Brothers Karamazov.
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Pep Talk Time! Today's Lesson: The Sum Total of a Christian’s Soul
The latest question to plant itself into my mind is not whether we identify as Christians, but whether our lives are becoming legible as such.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I’ve been thinking about what makes a life legible — not impressive or persuasive, just readable as belonging to something deeper. This one was shaped by Scripture, a lot of internal questions, and my unexpected love for The Brothers Karamazov.
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“I have seen the sun break through… and gone my way and forgotten it.”
Wrote about R. S. Thomas, forgetful faith, Joshua’s stones, and why God keeps giving us ways to remember outside ourselves.
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Wrote about R. S. Thomas, forgetful faith, Joshua’s stones, and why God keeps giving us ways to remember outside ourselves.
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Get Me a Stone for This!
On R.S. Thomas, forgetting what God has done, and finding new ways to remember.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“I have seen the sun break through… and gone my way and forgotten it.”
Wrote about R. S. Thomas, forgetful faith, Joshua’s stones, and why God keeps giving us ways to remember outside ourselves.
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Wrote about R. S. Thomas, forgetful faith, Joshua’s stones, and why God keeps giving us ways to remember outside ourselves.
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Learning ASL has been teaching me more than a new language — it’s been reshaping how I think about silence, listening, and God’s voice.
Wrote about Helen Keller, Scripture, and “the sound of thin silence” this week on Finding Faith Again. 💙
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Wrote about Helen Keller, Scripture, and “the sound of thin silence” this week on Finding Faith Again. 💙
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Is Your Heart Able to Hear God?
On learning American Sign Language, Helen Keller, and what God might be telling us in the quiet.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Learning ASL has been teaching me more than a new language — it’s been reshaping how I think about silence, listening, and God’s voice.
Wrote about Helen Keller, Scripture, and “the sound of thin silence” this week on Finding Faith Again. 💙
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Wrote about Helen Keller, Scripture, and “the sound of thin silence” this week on Finding Faith Again. 💙
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As this year closes, I think about how astonishing it is that we are still here—still breathing, still caring, and still trying to love in a hard world. I wrote a love letter reminding us that Scripture calls us very good. You are a wonder of God.
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A Letter for You, O Wonder of God!
Hey, hey, you are pretty miraculous, dear friend.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
As this year closes, I think about how astonishing it is that we are still here—still breathing, still caring, and still trying to love in a hard world. I wrote a love letter reminding us that Scripture calls us very good. You are a wonder of God.
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Every year I watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. If you’re feeling worn down by explanations or arguments around faith, I hope this resonates. #peanuts #christmas
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"This is what Christmas is all about..."
I got a talking Linus declaring the Christmas story. "Lights, please" as I tell you about how moving it is to me as we edge towards Christmas.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Every year I watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. If you’re feeling worn down by explanations or arguments around faith, I hope this resonates. #peanuts #christmas
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I’m reading In the Low and it’s been a gentle invitation back to honest prayer.
It’s part of why I wrote about Advent this week — not big or dramatic, just real.
Whisper, wonder, welcome. 🕯️
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It’s part of why I wrote about Advent this week — not big or dramatic, just real.
Whisper, wonder, welcome. 🕯️
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The Whisper, Wonder, and Welcome of Advent
On one little book and the whisper, wonder, and welcome of Jesus.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’m reading In the Low and it’s been a gentle invitation back to honest prayer.
It’s part of why I wrote about Advent this week — not big or dramatic, just real.
Whisper, wonder, welcome. 🕯️
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It’s part of why I wrote about Advent this week — not big or dramatic, just real.
Whisper, wonder, welcome. 🕯️
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“The story of God continues ... because someone in every generation decides that the faith they have received is worth tending to for those who will come after them.”
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#FindingFaithAgain #SlowFaith #AdventHope
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#FindingFaithAgain #SlowFaith #AdventHope
The Clock That Shouldn’t Still Be Ticking
An attempt to understand how ordinary people, bit by bit, keep repairing the faith they’ve been given — and pass it on.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“The story of God continues ... because someone in every generation decides that the faith they have received is worth tending to for those who will come after them.”
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#FindingFaithAgain #SlowFaith #AdventHope
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#FindingFaithAgain #SlowFaith #AdventHope
New post today on Finding Faith Again.
Still thinking about this:
“Even God-with-us, Emmanuel, moved slowly!”
If that doesn’t give us permission to breathe, I don’t know what does.
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Still thinking about this:
“Even God-with-us, Emmanuel, moved slowly!”
If that doesn’t give us permission to breathe, I don’t know what does.
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Cathedral Faith in an Instant World
An attempt to accept the lingering, methodical pace of God as he creates something pretty spectacular in us.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New post today on Finding Faith Again.
Still thinking about this:
“Even God-with-us, Emmanuel, moved slowly!”
If that doesn’t give us permission to breathe, I don’t know what does.
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Still thinking about this:
“Even God-with-us, Emmanuel, moved slowly!”
If that doesn’t give us permission to breathe, I don’t know what does.
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I’ve been thinking about Genesis 2 and what it means that God once breathed life into people made of dust. The new piece is up!
“The breath that entered Adam’s lungs never stopped moving. It’s the same air that fills your chest and mine.”
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“The breath that entered Adam’s lungs never stopped moving. It’s the same air that fills your chest and mine.”
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Animated Dust
Reflections on Genesis 2 and God's Spirit hovering and working in all of the sad, vacant, lonely spaces we see.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’ve been thinking about Genesis 2 and what it means that God once breathed life into people made of dust. The new piece is up!
“The breath that entered Adam’s lungs never stopped moving. It’s the same air that fills your chest and mine.”
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“The breath that entered Adam’s lungs never stopped moving. It’s the same air that fills your chest and mine.”
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“Where did I go wrong?” The Fray’s song keeps echoing in my head when I think about faith today.
Maybe the first step in following Jesus is this:
Step One — Be Human.
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#Faith #Beatitudes #FindingFaithAgain
Maybe the first step in following Jesus is this:
Step One — Be Human.
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#Faith #Beatitudes #FindingFaithAgain
How to Be a Christian (Step One: Be Human)
Inspired by The Fray's "How to Save a Life" and Jesus's wonderful Beatitudes! I have a hunch that when we get “How to be a Christian” right, we will also get “How to save a life” right as well.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Where did I go wrong?” The Fray’s song keeps echoing in my head when I think about faith today.
Maybe the first step in following Jesus is this:
Step One — Be Human.
❤️ Read → findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
#Faith #Beatitudes #FindingFaithAgain
Maybe the first step in following Jesus is this:
Step One — Be Human.
❤️ Read → findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
#Faith #Beatitudes #FindingFaithAgain
Jane Goodall once said, “I’m chasing good on this planet.”
Maybe faith looks like doing the same — following the trail of mercy that’s already running ahead of us.
🌿 New post: Be a Chaser of Good!
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#FindingFaithAgain #Hope #Faith #Goodness
Maybe faith looks like doing the same — following the trail of mercy that’s already running ahead of us.
🌿 New post: Be a Chaser of Good!
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#FindingFaithAgain #Hope #Faith #Goodness
Be a Chaser of Good!
How a little quote from Jane Goodall led me down a trail to this realization: that chasing good is itself evidence that goodness has already found us.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Jane Goodall once said, “I’m chasing good on this planet.”
Maybe faith looks like doing the same — following the trail of mercy that’s already running ahead of us.
🌿 New post: Be a Chaser of Good!
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#FindingFaithAgain #Hope #Faith #Goodness
Maybe faith looks like doing the same — following the trail of mercy that’s already running ahead of us.
🌿 New post: Be a Chaser of Good!
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#FindingFaithAgain #Hope #Faith #Goodness
“Exclusion isn’t just absence; it is denial. Welcome says: your presence is desired.”
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New Finding Faith Again: findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/not-invisi...
(Not) Invisible in the Pew: Finding God’s Theology of Welcome
God never intended for any of us to feel invisible.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Exclusion isn’t just absence; it is denial. Welcome says: your presence is desired.”
New Finding Faith Again: findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/not-invisi...
New Finding Faith Again: findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/not-invisi...
People aren’t looking for higher walls in the church. They’re longing for places to breathe.
New on Finding Faith Again: When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
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New on Finding Faith Again: When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
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When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
People are not searching for higher walls or stricter gatekeeping today. They are desperate for places to breathe.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
People aren’t looking for higher walls in the church. They’re longing for places to breathe.
New on Finding Faith Again: When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
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New on Finding Faith Again: When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
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“To bear witness is to refuse to look away, whether from the wounds of Christ or the wounds of our neighbors.”
New Finding Faith Again essay: Bearing Witness in the Dark — on shadows, solidarity, and Tagore’s bird who sings before dawn.
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New Finding Faith Again essay: Bearing Witness in the Dark — on shadows, solidarity, and Tagore’s bird who sings before dawn.
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Bearing Witness in the Dark
It's been a lot, friends. Here's what I'm thinking about singing in the dark, solidarity, and truly bearing witness — to God, and to each other.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“To bear witness is to refuse to look away, whether from the wounds of Christ or the wounds of our neighbors.”
New Finding Faith Again essay: Bearing Witness in the Dark — on shadows, solidarity, and Tagore’s bird who sings before dawn.
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New Finding Faith Again essay: Bearing Witness in the Dark — on shadows, solidarity, and Tagore’s bird who sings before dawn.
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Ever opened your Bible and discovered portions of it gone? I have. (Yes, really.) In this week’s post, I reflect on what a misprint taught me about the parts of Jesus we sometimes forget.
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The Day An Entire Section of My Bible Was Gone
When your Bible is missing pages, you notice. But what about when your faith is missing parts of Jesus? Here’s what I found.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ever opened your Bible and discovered portions of it gone? I have. (Yes, really.) In this week’s post, I reflect on what a misprint taught me about the parts of Jesus we sometimes forget.
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#Faith #FindingFaithAgain #Jesus #Isaiah9 #Christianity
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A new post is up! I wrote about squinting and God and everything going on in this world. It’s about echoes of grief, yes, but also echoes of God’s faithfulness, even when everything feels off-kilter. I hope it encourages you! findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/faith-some...
Faith Sometimes Requires Us to Squint
We see echoes of pain all around us. But when we look closer, maybe we can see greater echoes of God.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A new post is up! I wrote about squinting and God and everything going on in this world. It’s about echoes of grief, yes, but also echoes of God’s faithfulness, even when everything feels off-kilter. I hope it encourages you! findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/faith-some...
A new blog post is up: The Flue to My Faith Seems Jammed 🔥
It’s about hitting a spiritual standstill, not knowing the next step, and why that might be part of the process. “Stagnation isn’t fun, but it’s also not spiritual failure.”
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It’s about hitting a spiritual standstill, not knowing the next step, and why that might be part of the process. “Stagnation isn’t fun, but it’s also not spiritual failure.”
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The Flue to My Faith Seems Jammed
On jammed flues, fog, and spiritual stagnation.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A new blog post is up: The Flue to My Faith Seems Jammed 🔥
It’s about hitting a spiritual standstill, not knowing the next step, and why that might be part of the process. “Stagnation isn’t fun, but it’s also not spiritual failure.”
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It’s about hitting a spiritual standstill, not knowing the next step, and why that might be part of the process. “Stagnation isn’t fun, but it’s also not spiritual failure.”
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