Killing My Childhood God [SSL 286]

Today, a reading from Eugene Peterson’s potent book entitled Answering God

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Accompanying Ourselves [SSL 285]

May this post find you well.

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Sit. Feast on Your Life [SSL 284]

Today is an invitation to feast on your life. There are reflections from host Lisa Colon DeLay and a reading of a poem by Nobel Prize winner Caribbean luminary, Derek Walcott

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A Healing Presence in a Traumatized World | James Finley [SSL 282]

The answer to suffering is Love

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What About Good Returns? [SSL 281]

In the end, pilgrimage is about homecoming

Today I wanted to reflect on good returns and the work of Fiona Koefoed Jaspersen (Ordinary Pilgrim)

“Many believe a pilgrimage is about going away but it isn’t; it is about coming home.” – L.M. Browning

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