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New post today on Finding Faith Again.
Still thinking about this:

“Even God-with-us, Emmanuel, moved slowly!”

If that doesn’t give us permission to breathe, I don’t know what does.

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Cathedral Faith in an Instant World
An attempt to accept the lingering, methodical pace of God as he creates something pretty spectacular in us.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I’ve been thinking about Genesis 2 and what it means that God once breathed life into people made of dust. The new piece is up!

“The breath that entered Adam’s lungs never stopped moving. It’s the same air that fills your chest and mine.”

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Animated Dust
Reflections on Genesis 2 and God's Spirit hovering and working in all of the sad, vacant, lonely spaces we see.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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“Where did I go wrong?” The Fray’s song keeps echoing in my head when I think about faith today.

Maybe the first step in following Jesus is this:
Step One — Be Human.

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How to Be a Christian (Step One: Be Human)
Inspired by The Fray's "How to Save a Life" and Jesus's wonderful Beatitudes! I have a hunch that when we get “How to be a Christian” right, we will also get “How to save a life” right as well.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Jane Goodall once said, “I’m chasing good on this planet.”

Maybe faith looks like doing the same — following the trail of mercy that’s already running ahead of us.

🌿 New post: Be a Chaser of Good!

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Be a Chaser of Good!
How a little quote from Jane Goodall led me down a trail to this realization: that chasing good is itself evidence that goodness has already found us.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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“Exclusion isn’t just absence; it is denial. Welcome says: your presence is desired.”

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(Not) Invisible in the Pew: Finding God’s Theology of Welcome
God never intended for any of us to feel invisible.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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People aren’t looking for higher walls in the church. They’re longing for places to breathe.

New on Finding Faith Again: When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge

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When the Church Feels Like a Fortress Instead of a Refuge
People are not searching for higher walls or stricter gatekeeping today. They are desperate for places to breathe.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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“To bear witness is to refuse to look away, whether from the wounds of Christ or the wounds of our neighbors.”
New Finding Faith Again essay: Bearing Witness in the Dark — on shadows, solidarity, and Tagore’s bird who sings before dawn.

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Bearing Witness in the Dark
It's been a lot, friends. Here's what I'm thinking about singing in the dark, solidarity, and truly bearing witness — to God, and to each other.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Ever opened your Bible and discovered portions of it gone? I have. (Yes, really.) In this week’s post, I reflect on what a misprint taught me about the parts of Jesus we sometimes forget.

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The Day An Entire Section of My Bible Was Gone
When your Bible is missing pages, you notice. But what about when your faith is missing parts of Jesus? Here’s what I found.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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A new post is up! I wrote about squinting and God and everything going on in this world. It’s about echoes of grief, yes, but also echoes of God’s faithfulness, even when everything feels off-kilter. I hope it encourages you! findingfaithagain.substack.com/p/faith-some...
Faith Sometimes Requires Us to Squint
We see echoes of pain all around us. But when we look closer, maybe we can see greater echoes of God.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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A new blog post is up: The Flue to My Faith Seems Jammed 🔥
It’s about hitting a spiritual standstill, not knowing the next step, and why that might be part of the process. “Stagnation isn’t fun, but it’s also not spiritual failure.”

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The Flue to My Faith Seems Jammed
On jammed flues, fog, and spiritual stagnation.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Some of the most important theology happens in the back pew.
I wrote about 7 questions I hear again and again—about doubt, fear, church hurt, and whether God still meets us in the mess.

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Questions from the Back Pew: Wrestling with God, Church, and the Very Real Fears We Have
I feel most at home in the back row of church. Many others do as well. And they are asking some really good questions.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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If the world feels heavy right now, you’re not alone.

I wrote a short piece rooted in an ancient blessing—just a gentle reminder that peace is still possible. 💛

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The Lord Bless You and Keep You
When no one else would tell me it would be okay, I told myself — and I tell you.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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New post is live! It includes my dad, a coconut cream pie, a moody sky, and a reminder that God’s kindness still breaks through. It’s gentle but strong.
If you're someone who’s just trying to make it through the week—this one's for you.

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Kindness: The Most Powerful, Wooing Force in the Universe
When my dad prayed for something nice, he got pie. When I needed light, the sky cracked open. This is the story of God’s wild, unexpected kindness—and why it changes everything.
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June 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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When right belief becomes a gate instead of a guide, something gets lost. I’ve been thinking about orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and the wild, wide table Jesus keeps setting.

🪑 Who do we leave out when we’re sure we’re right?

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Orthodoxy & Orthopraxy: Together at Last
God’s table is wide, wild, and wonderfully strange — a place where holding tension may be the only way to see the fullness of beauty.
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May 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I miss seeing worms on the sidewalk.
That strange realization turned into a reflection on Jonah, Peter, and how God's grace doesn’t let go—even when we do.

👉 A Gospel for the Squirmy and Fragile
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A Gospel for the Squirmy and Fragile
Struggling with your faith? Learn from the worm! Here's why God’s grace won’t let you go.
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May 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Miracles aren’t a thing of the past. God still heals, still restores, still surprises us with hope.

This week’s post is about white butterflies, whispered prayers, and the quiet ways God keeps showing up.

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God Still Does Miracles
I'm living proof that God still does miracles. Believe, friends, believe that God is still doing miracles every single day.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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A worship song lyric about a sloppy wet kiss sent me into a spiral this week — and reminded me how even a small shift in how we see God can change everything. If your faith has felt off course lately, this post is for you.

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Is Your Image of God Leading You Astray?
Five truths about God that might help you recenter how you see him. And, for me, that doesn't yet include him giving "sloppy wet" kisses!
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May 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Still thinking about this:
Jesus kept his scars after the resurrection.

They weren’t a flaw — they were the proof of healing.
Maybe ours are too.

👉 Why Jesus Kept His Scars After the Resurrection
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Why Jesus Kept His Scars After the Resurrection
By his wounds we are healed. What Jesus’ scars teach us about healing and resurrection.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Between death and resurrection, Jesus wasn’t idle.
He was undoing death from the inside. This week I wrote about Holy Saturday — the quiet day most of us skip — and why it might just be where hope begins.

#HolySaturday #FindingFaithAgain #HolyWeek

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The Silence of a Saturday
Between Friday and Sunday we learn that no part of the human experience is outside of God’s reach.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Imagine Jesus submitting a résumé today.
No titles. No seminary degree. Rejected by religious leaders.
Qualifications? Pierced, crushed, and still choosing love.

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The Man with the Really Bad Résumé
Jesus likely wouldn’t make the short list for any job, and yet somehow, he’s the one who saved the world.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Broke a 691-day Bible reading streak last week.

Felt like failure. But then I remembered Holy Week isn’t about spiritual success—it’s about Jesus showing up for people who couldn’t hold it together.

New post: Resetting After 691 Days

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Resetting After 691 Days
Because faith wasn't ever meant to be measured by our success. We learn this heading into Holy Week -- faith isn't about proving our devotion, but about rediscovering God's.
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April 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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There’s a word for realizing every single person around you has a life as vivid as your own: sonder. Jesus never lost it. When was the last time you truly listened to someone you disagreed with—without trying to correct them?
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Do You Want To Be Sonder-ful, Too?
On Trappist monks, curiosity, and why sonder-ful is way better than sonder-less!
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March 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Today I finally wrote something after 30 days of COVID fog.

It’s about faith and icebergs and how we’re only ever seeing a tiny part of what’s really holding us up.

Faith isn’t just me—it’s us. And I needed that reminder today.

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Don't Give Me a Fragile Faith
Reflecting on 30 days of Covid, the true nature of icebergs, and why 'us' is way better than 'me."
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March 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Two Roads of Faith: An Allegory
A simple allegory to help us understand why we are sometimes confused about what it means to be a Christian.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Faith isn’t always something we hold alone. Sometimes, it’s something we borrow from others—when we’re too tired, too hurt, or too uncertain to carry it ourselves.

I’ve been there. And maybe you have, too.

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For the Days When Faith Feels Out of Reach
Sometimes, we need someone to believe for us until we can again.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM