Book of Common Words
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Faith Like Sand
I don’t feel like I have a substantive faith. I’ve been let down by my expectations about God too many times. I know these expectations aren’t God, but…
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ATMN Episode: Marc Alan Schelske-Walking Otherward
This week on All Things Made New, we’re talking with Marc Alan Schelske about his new book, Walking Otherward. Marc Alan Schelske is a happily recovering fundamentalist praying…
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Screaming into the Void About the Hope of Judgement
Pucker up to the breathing you need.Shout loud into the bright darkness of (*gestures wildly*) all this absolute and utter shit.Let your sound out atop the parking garage…
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Blessed Are You
I grew up as the bully’s target. I got searing put downs for my glasses, for my grades, for my lack of interest in sports. One bully went…
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Because No One Has Hired Us
The office was small and cramped. A desk took up most of the room, but there was a couch. White, if I remember correctly. I was sitting on…
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ATMN Byron Borger- Embodied Words
Friends, today we get to talk with Byron Borger. Before opening the Hearts & Minds Bookstore, Byron worked in college ministry for the CCO (Coalition for Christian Outreach),…
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