Kurt Willems joins the pod to share his new book Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems Our Pain.
None of us live free of difficulties or hardships. But how can we learn to live richly in the midst of them? And ever grow spiritually because…
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One of the treasures that E.O. Wilson bestowed on his undergraduates was the concept of the umwelt. Umwelt: the world as a particular animal experiences it. On a sensory level – visual acuity, hearing, smell – and the semiotics of what sensory stimuli signify in the instinctual context forged by genetics and learning. As one…
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I’m sitting in the press box high above the Special General Conference for the United Methodist Church focused on the subject of human sexuality. Petitions are being made, and motions are being offered, to plans that will either double down on the denomination’s current language regarding the LGBTQIA population, or change it. One of the…
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My niece Emma was born after I escaped the snowy northeast for the palm tree and strip mall-studded warmth of SouthFlorida. But, through the miracle of the internet, I’ve been able to see her little face and hear her sweet voice just about every week as she’s grown. I especially love FaceTiming with Emma onChristmas…
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Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-28 “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, distress among nations, roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear of what is coming upon the world, for the powers will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with…
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