In the Land of the Living
Years ago, on a beautiful sunny Saturday during my mom’s last battle with breast cancer, I turned aside from my […]
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Prayer
Obedience and Submission
Everything conspires to take away from a man who is set in authority over others the sense of justice and
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More Prayer Stations for Election Day
In 2020 and 2022, I developed sets of prayer stations that could be used either at home or in a
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Teresa of Avila: Sandcastles and Hedgehogs
Back at the turn of the century, 24 years ago now, I led a Quiet Day at our church on
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Unpacking Religious Trauma & Growing My Faith
There was fear in the evangelical air in the 1990s-early 2000s. The Left Behind series took the evangelical world by storm, homeschooling
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Shield the Joyous
I’ve started praying a very specific prayer every time I see the news of another school shooting: shield the joyous, Lord. It
How to pray when it’s just not working for you
We end up banging our spiritual heads against the wall many times over the course of a life. The cause
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Finding Solace: A Story of Pregnancy Loss and Faith
Content Warning: The following essay includes a discussion of pregnancy loss. When I was standing at the threshold of so
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Beatified Anyway
Dear Grow Christians Community, It’s with profound sadness that I write with the news of Elizabeth Felicetti’s death. A Grow
Praying Honestly & Irreverently
As a priest, my bookshelves are lined with prayer books. There are the obvious ones like The Book of Common
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