Category: Spiritual Practice
Sharing the Pulpit:
Lay Preaching Brings the Word to Life in Cascadia
The high schooler in my small group leaned in close, as if confessing a secret. “Sometimes I write...
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Welcoming the Outcast
This article is an excerpt taken from Hearing the Heartbeat of God by Michael Neelley. This book...
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Who’s Going to Save America?
The United States of Angst We are days away from the presidential election, and you could say that...
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A John Company Carnival: Confronting the Monsters Within Us
Getting Our Monster On (or Out!) On the Tuesday night before Ash Wednesday, my (Paul S) family...
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Board Games as Liturgy: The Thin Space of Play
Every year, over one weekend in January, we gather in Poulsbo, Washington with more than 100...
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Into the Silence
“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a...
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Spirituality for a Non-religious Age:
St. Francis in Cascadia
Cascadia ain’t religious. It is famous for it. Data released in 2022 from the latest Canadian...
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Wild Praise:
How the Celtic Imagination Invites Us into a Feral Worship
The sun was just warming the sky with the first blush of pink and purple; the sounds of daybreak...
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A Holy High: Advocating for the Spiritual Use of Hallucinogens
This was the sixties, an era of liturgical reform and experimentation. Our worship, I wrote to my...
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Pandemic Feasts: Seeking Communion
Weeks before the world stopped and we were left wondering when or whether it would start up again,...
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The Art of Advent Gardening
This essay is comprised of excerpts from chapters one and three of Christine’s new book Digging...
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Leading the Duck: Anticipating New Expressions of Faith Life
I love the church and have devoted my life to nurturing faith communities that gather, heal, and...
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