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Parable of a Parable: Philosopher Peter Rollins’ Spin on The Pearl of Great Price
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Joan Ball
I’d never heard of author and philosopher Peter Rollins when I met him at a conference in Memphis, Tennessee several months ago. In fact, we shared a couple of those “turn to your neighbor and discuss…” moments before I learned that he was one of the conference speakers and that he’d written a couple of…
Beyond Charity: Eradicating Extreme Poverty With Dignity
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Joan Ball
In the 1980’s, long before Bono’s “One” Initiative and the UN Millenium Development Goals brought extreme poverty into worldwide focus, 25 year old Jacqueline Novogratz left a cushy Wall Street banking job and stepped onto a plane to Kigali, Rwanda with an eye on changing the world. Fast forward more than two decades and a…
Am I The Only One Who Dropped the Ball on Lent?
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Joan Ball
I kicked off my first Lent with great enthusiasm and expectation. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was that I expected, but I imagined it would be difficult to spend 40 days stretching the boundaries of comfort and routine to focus on my spiritual life without it having an impact. I even signed up to…
He is Risen? What’s the Story with Easter?
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Joan Ball
He is Risen. Those three words are showing up everywhere today. Before heading out to church and back to back feasts with family, (not sure if it is traditional, but I’m already full thinking about all of the food on our agenda today) I wanted to read the story in full. So, without commentary, I…
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