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The Groaning Prayer

Walter Bruggeman notices that one of the most important and ancient prayers of the Old Testament is a prayer uttered to no one: After a...

May 11, 20203 min read

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Is it possible to tether poetic language to the experience of the divine? What happens when human language falls short? Is it possible to...

Apr 3, 20203 min read

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March 13 just about all of life in Chicagoland came to a screeching halt. I was looking forward to pondering prayer and theopoetics in...

Apr 2, 20203 min read

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Inspired by reading An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield. I began following Chris Hadfield's astronaut life in 2013...

Feb 19, 20202 min read

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A prayer inspired by The End of Night by Paul Bogard, Mindful Day by Deborah Hopkins, and the United Church of Canada Song of Faith. The...

Feb 19, 20202 min read

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Let the inherent shape of your nearness nudges us toward what is possible, within all that is impossible.

Oct 21, 20193 min read

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Despite the fact that I resonate with apophatic theology's premise that given our human inability to fully know God, wordless silence is...

Oct 19, 20192 min read

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