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Articles Leading Grief Ministries
Three months after my husband died in 2004, I was desperate for an outlet to express my grief beyond the walled-in safety of my journal. For years a neighborhood church advertised …
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Articles It's Jesus, Stupid: Getting the Trinity Right
O.k. you preachers, gut-check time. Lift your hand if you’re not planning to preach on the Trinity this Trinity Sunday. O.k., now lift ‘em if you didn’t know…
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Articles The Beauty of Boundaries
There’s nothing like getting dragged out of bed at 7am in the morning to run barefoot through the yard chasing two rambunctious puppies. Just ask my nine-year-old son.…
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Articles Preaching on Parenting
Feeling a little unqualified to preach on parenting? Take heart. Jesus did it and so can you. Once there was a preacher who had no children, who preached a series of sermons…
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Articles Animal Sacrifice and Christ's Resurrection
Christian Reflections on Killing and Eating (or Not) Our dear friend Barry, who went to seminary with Clifton, sometimes prayed like this before church function meals. "We give…
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Articles Learning in the Nursery
Juan and his mother appear at the door of our church nursery. Juan peeks in to see what is going on. He is reluctant to let go of his mom’s hand. What a difference it will…
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