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Pursuing Community as Spiritual Practice
An interview by kandi zeller at All the Threads I seem to be in a season of “interspiritual” dialogue, as–in the last month–I have been interviewed by two different friends who have Christian roots (one Evangelical and one Roman Catholic) but currently occupy a different location to mine on the spiritual spectrum. I think we…
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The Kind of Book You Want to Read
Toni Morrison says you should write it If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Toni Morrison Day was a couple of days ago, but I confess I got the above quote from dear Robert, who shared it in his own post recently. C.S.…
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The Friendliest Catch
what if the fish wanted to be caught? ART SPOTLIGHT The Friendliest Catch What if the fish wanted to be caught? JENN FEB 16, 2024 Last autumn when I met with some friends who know and are rooting for Follower, my yet to be published book about Simon Peter and Jesus and you, they all recommended…
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Uncompromised Solidarity
some thoughts on a guy named daniel, and also some heads up for you NOTES ON PILGRIMAGE Uncompromised Solidarity Some thoughts on a guy named Daniel, and also some heads up for you I’ve been “living in” the book of Daniel since New Year’s, and here’s something I’ve noticed about him: he had an amazing ability…
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How to Be an Unconventional Rule Follower
don’t read the directions Here’s a thing about me: I prefer not to read directions. I’d rather have less information about how to proceed, because I like to figure things out for myself, or interpret things with my own weird brand of creativity. I don’t always succeed in the “figuring things out” part, which is…
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Managing the Chaos
sometimes i process my spirituality by illustrating it I may have mentioned a time or two that 2023 was pretty chaotic. Interestingly, The Bible Project (an org I highly recommend) chose 2023 to do a whole series of podcast episodes (and also a video) on the biblical “chaos dragon,” so at least I had some imagery to work with in my head. One of…
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Jinx
Can You Say that again? There’s been a decent amount of discourse about plagiarism on the news recently. Like probably most people, I have opinions, but I don’t really feel like mine are particularly important or elucidating in this case. What I want to talk about is being a writer myself, and being friends with…
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Still
Word for the Year, maybe? The other day Trey Ferguson wrote about how following Jesus implies movement (thus the name of his substack, The Son Do Move). I say this kind of thing, too, all the time. It’s a helpful fact to keep in mind when, for example, you feel like the ground’s shifting under your faith…
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Winter or Something
Weekend Plans A month or two ago, I was bored while watching TV (I no longer know how to just watch TV, if I ever did), and so I posted a note asking for drawing prompts. Malinda Just suggested “Winter,” and so I drew a nice picture. And then up here in the Northeastern United States, it…
