Sara
Stubborn Hope: An Advent Reflection
I have a couple of favorite holy days. One of them is a bit unusual. It's the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. I love that day...
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Oct 2710 min read
Irreconcilable Differences
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us...
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Sara
Oct 76 min read
Forgiving Those Who Hurt Others
One of my intentions when I started this blog many years ago was to reflect theologically on ideas in the books I’ve read—not review...
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Sara
Aug 912 min read
Despite Our Differences
A little over ten years ago, I actually had a normal job. You know, forty hours a week, clock in/clock out, sit in an air-conditioned...
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Sara
Aug 63 min read
This is Not the House That Jack Built
I’ve been thinking a lot about houses recently. The government taxing people to pay for housing for the homeless, but then threatening to...
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Sara
Jul 248 min read
Waiting for God
A few years back, I completed a graduate program in church planting and revitalization. All of my classes looked at discernment practices...
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Sara
Jul 153 min read
Let the Church Grow Up
“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready” (I Corinthians 3:2 NIV). The other...
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Sara
Jul 103 min read
On Anger and Injustice and God's Goodness
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20 NIV) I don’t generally think of myself as an angry person, but there’s...
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Sara
Jul 54 min read
On Telling the Truth
“Do not lie” – God “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one...
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Sara
Apr 10, 20208 min read
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Missing the Point, and Glimpses of Hope
One of the questions I get asked the most by teenagers is “Why did God allow evil to enter the world?” It’s a great question – one that I...
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Sara
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Timing is Everything: And God is Near
Today, everything seemed to happen at the exact right time. First, I was late leaving school. (This because I was reading not because I...
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Sara
Mar 30, 20185 min read
Good Friday: Better Than We Ever Imagined
They had hoped for a Messiah. Someone who would rescue them from the reach of Rome. Someone who like Moses would deliver the entire...
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Sara
Mar 25, 20182 min read
Here Comes the King! Oh Lord, Save Us!
Over a decade ago, I had the privilege of walking along the route that Jesus traveled when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. My...
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Sara
Dec 30, 20173 min read
On Miracles
I always think of Christmas as a time for miracles. I anticipate them, expecting that something wonderful just might happen, something...
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Sara
Dec 24, 20173 min read
Homecoming
Every time I phone home, Dad asks if I’m coming home tomorrow. I realize this is mostly the result of the trauma, but there is also...
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Sara
Nov 30, 20172 min read
Waiting for Christmas
For as long as I can remember, I have always loved Christmas. It’s not just the day itself, but the entire season. There is something...
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Sara
Jan 7, 20172 min read
Tears in the Void
I’m often surprised by the things that stand out when I’m reading the Bible. This time it was God’s message to Hagar – the second time he...
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Sara
May 31, 20163 min read
A Pleasing Aroma
Maybe it’s because this last month has been filled with grief. Maybe I’ve been listening to too much Evanescence. Or maybe it’s just been...
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Sara
Apr 26, 20162 min read
Not even a sparrow falls…
I’ve been praying a lot at the piano these days. Sometimes it’s the only way I know how to pray. Last night a friend’s husband...
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Sara
Jan 5, 20165 min read
“Dreams come true. Yeah they do. In Santa Fe.”
I have always been a dreamer. I am rarely completely content with how things are. There is always that majestic “immeasurably more than...
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