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May 28
6 min

Let It Fall: Collapse and Ecological Conversion

Essay by Rev. Matthew Syrdal May 28, 2020 I completely scrapped what I was going to write, when the Muse asked me this morning, What do y...

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Mar 31
4 min

Six Feet

It is a strange feeling to me - we who have lost nearly all ability to feel as a culture are now asked not to touch. “Stay six feet away!...

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Mar 30
3 min

What the World Needs Now

- Bryan Smith For over a year now, I have found myself being drawn into the story of Queen Esther of Persia. One day last spring, I woke ...

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Mar 30
4 min

危机 - A Dangerous Opportunity

- Brian Stafford As many of us have heard, the Chinese character for the word “crisis” is made from the characters for danger and for opp...

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Mar 30
4 min

Betrothed to the Unknown

Could this be the collective Descent we’ve all been waiting for?

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Mar 4
6 min

What Do We Mean By "Seminary"?

By Matt Syrdal Many people today are experiencing a very deep and very real grief. Accessing grief can be like unearthing strata entombed...

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Jan 29
6 min

What We Mean by the Word "Wild"

The writer of Genesis wrote that "God saw everything that was created, and, behold, it was very good." The Hebrew word "tov" used here for "

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