“We love what you are doing”, they wrote to us when they sent their check. “Your message needs to spread across our community like wildfire … Keep fighting the good fight. We stand beside you in awe because of your bravery … Love boldly.” When we opened the mail at our office that day five…
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We had to relisten to several parts of the conversation many times. It was so rich, so full of nuance, and contained so much wisdom. We knew we had to write about it before winter was over here in Pennsylvania, where we live. This rich conversation appeared on the On Being podcast hosted by Krista…
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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ~Charles Dickens Sixty tea light candles had been caringly placed in the front of the sanctuary for the annual non-denominational “Blue Christmas Service”. Each unlit candle represented a person loved, one who was absent, one who could no longer be present this…
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“A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.” Frank A. Clark The day was “supposed” to be one of the most meaningful days of my life—and it was—but for very different reasons than I expected. June 3, 2006. Our wedding day. It…
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Sadly, last Sunday, breaking news detailed deadly shootings at two Jewish Community Centers near Kansas City, Kansas. Three people were killed. Once again, the horror of human hate and its devastation intruded into all of our lives and reminded us of the evil that lurks within us and around us. Later that day and the…
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