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On Our Minds

The Wisdom of They

September 5, 2022 By Susan Sink 5 Comments

If we identify our relationships even more closely with those of the Trinity, perhaps all our relationships can be rooted in collaboration and love and respect?

For the Thin Places

August 31, 2022 By Andrea Potos 5 Comments

It seems I am forever / looking for the thin / place, wishing to glimpse / inside a moment, close enough / to stand sentry to the invisible.

Litany of Names for God in Hell

August 24, 2022 By Lana Portolano 1 Comment

O Sun, O Lawmaker, O Commander. / Devourer of the she-wolf of avarice, / Ruler of his shining city sitting on his throne above, / O Adversary of all evil.

Confession

August 17, 2022 By Owolusi Lucky Leave a Comment

Owl-whistle behind the barn, / Less Mama is still awake. / You can love me and kiss me deep, / For confession be next week

Graveside Service

August 10, 2022 By Connie Clark 2 Comments

I said a few things: / you were lively, funny, a writer, faithful, / brave in your long slide to this place.

An Unfinished Death

August 1, 2022 By Sari Fordham Leave a Comment

After a difficult relationship, Jill has one more struggle with her Dutch father-in-law Izaak, accepting his decision to die by euthanasia while still relatively healthy at 85.

Hospitality, Mercy, and Service

July 25, 2022 By Patrick Henry 1 Comment

Patrick Henry interviews Sister Dolores Schuh, truly a "Collegeville Great," as she prepares to turn 90.

Detours of Intention

July 18, 2022 By Tom Montgomery Fate Leave a Comment

Tom Fate's latest, a travel memoir, is "Not only 'a journey into space,' as Nelle Morton once wrote, 'but a journey into presence.' Not tours, but unmarked detours. Detours of intention, which can be read two ways: sometimes I chose the route, but more often it chose me."

The Foolish Hope of a Good Power

July 11, 2022 By Angie Hong Leave a Comment

"Good Power" is forged from vulnerability and safe spaces, vulnerability met with love and support, and good power raises up leaders who do the same.

Afflicting the Comfortable: The White Church’s Call to Reject White Supremacy

July 4, 2022 By Grant Grissom 2 Comments

On this 4th of July holiday, and every day, the White Christian Church needs to commit to speaking loudly against white supremacy and working, institutionally, to replace all elected officials who do not take a strong stand against white supremacy.
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