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Come to the Table of Love
One thing you can count on at least every four years (if not every 2 years) in November is an awkward Thanksgiving dinner. Because, of...
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pastor4pocket
- Sep 8
Come to the Table of Hospitality
Imagine this: it’s lunch time on the first day of school. None of your friends are in your class. You go through the food line and get...
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pastor4pocket
- Sep 2
Holy Perspective
I’m a casual fan of science fiction stories. So while I can’t say that I am an expert in the books and movies that mark the genre, I have...
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pastor4pocket
- Jul 31
Holy Ground
Last fall I had the opportunity to visit New Mexico. It was a wonderful trip, and I learned so much about the place and people who...
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pastor4pocket
- Jul 24
Holy Tears
There’s an old folktale that goes something like this: There was once a boy whose little sister was very sick. The boy fretted and...
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pastor4pocket
- Jul 11
Holy Anger
Imagine this: you’re at the doctor and you receive hard news. It looks serious; you need to start treatment soon. Anger prickles at the...
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pastor4pocket
- Jul 6
Holy Wonder
Ashe, my 6-year-old and I have been reading this great book we got from the library a couple of weeks ago. It’s called The Atlas Obscura...
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pastor4pocket
- Jun 29
Holy Welcome
Jesus sent us, his twelve disciples out to Israel with these instructions: “As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has...
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pastor4pocket
- Jun 22
Holy Friendship
My mom tells the story of working in a clothing store as a young woman. She could hear someone sniffling in a dressing room and after...
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pastor4pocket
- Jun 16
Holy Rest
I have been trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare for a long time, but in the last few months the situation has intensified. In short, one...
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pastor4pocket
- May 29
Pentecost: Unleashed
Twenty-three years ago, two brothers and some friends had an idea they wanted to try out.[1] During a local festival in Denmark, they...
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pastor4pocket
- May 23
Let Go: Leaving Behind What We Do Not Need
Two hundred nineteen years and one week ago today, the crew known as the Corp of Discovery set out from St. Louis, MO to discover what...
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pastor4pocket
- May 18
Unfold: Claiming New Possibilities
Since 8th grade when I was allowed to take my first high school math class and was not especially good at it, I have believed that I was...
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pastor4pocket
- Apr 30
Open: Into the Light
There’s a particular area of psychology that has always been really interesting to me. I love research about cognitive bias. I suppose...
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pastor4pocket
- Apr 25
Breaking Out: Leaving Comfortable Places
One of my favorite philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard is now remembered most for his many parables, and perhaps this one most famously: “A...
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pastor4pocket
- Apr 25
Tombs and Cocoons: Trusting the Dark
In the 1800s, scientists were racing to invent an electric light bulb. There were several patents filed around the same time, but in 1879...
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pastor4pocket
- Apr 13
Resurrection Song
There’s this conductor- you may have heard of him- named Jacob Collier. He’s a young British man who is widely considered to be a true...
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pastor4pocket
- Apr 7
Finding Your Purpose
Parades are meant to be fun, but Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem on the day we now call Palm Sunday has never felt fun to me. I find it...
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pastor4pocket
- Mar 31
Finding Healing
El Santuario de Chimaya in rural Northern New Mexico is considered the most important pilgrimage site in the United States, at least...
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pastor4pocket
- Mar 17
Finding a Word
A Haggadah is a Jewish book that gives the instructions and prayers to be used during the Passover Seder meal. It tells the story that we...
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