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Formations: June 07
People Like Us
One of the bravest things I’ve ever seen a church do to be true to its mission happened when I was a preteen.
This was in the 1970s, and the neighborhood was going through a demographic shift. More Black families were moving in while more white families were moving out.
Connections: June 07
Revived and Raised Up
Every few years I try gardening. Again. My attempts have been sporadic, and it takes time—seasons, even years—to see what a new backyard is doing before I get there. It takes time to figure out how and what to plant. And it takes time to decide, for this time, for this place, what I can do knowing it’s not permanent. I know I’ll be uprooted.
Intersection: June 07
What's in a Name? Everything
When Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in February, millions of people watched a performer step into the biggest spotlight in American entertainment and essentially say, You need to know who I am. Love him or not, the moment was about identity. About name. About what that name means and what it demands of you when you hear it.
FaithSteps Family Devotions
The Majesty of God
Have you ever stopped at looked at the stars? We used to eat spaghetti at my grandparents’ house every Saturday night from the time I was a child until I graduated from high school. When I was 10, they moved out to the country. Some of my favorite memories of going to visit them on Saturday nights include being able to see all the stars.
Reflections Devotional
Called to Harvest
Driving to my parents’ home, I pass countless farms before I finally arrive at their patch of land. On their dairy farm, something is always growing, no matter the season or the weather. In certain seasons, as I drive to and from my parents’ home, I pass soybean and corn fields with crops growing high. I see workers bailing hay. Each farm has its own preferred crop and, at some point, its own harvest.
Holy Ghosts: Deadly News (for Raymond)
by Ragan Courtney
The news came crawling
Like dreaded, deadly spiders into my ear,
Spewing their gossip like a lethal poison.
It was your name they whispered,
Your name now linked forever with a dreaded disease.
Your name that had blinked in our dreams in large Broadway marquee letters
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