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For most of my adult Christian life, I’ve been trying to understand what happened on the cross. I used to give the stock Christian answer: “Jesus died on the cross for my sins.” I still think that statement is true, but I’ve become less and less clear on exactly what it means. First there’s the…

I have a new post on her.meneutics, “Should Christians Use Self-Help Programs?” It begins: We were staying with friends, and I was getting ready for the day in their daughter’s bathroom. It was a typical tween-age space: cute stickers and sayings posted to the mirror, hair products and cotton balls and drugstore makeup on the…

A few days ago, William held a stick up to his mouth and pretended to play. “Are you playing the flute?” I asked. “No, Mom. The piccolo.” Of course. Of everyone in the family, it’s William who loves music. He runs to the front of the sanctuary at church so he can see the musicians.…

“The often heard lament, ‘I have so little time,’ gives the lie to the delusion that the daily is of little significance.”  –Kathleen Norris, The Quotidian Mysteries
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