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Resources you can use to re-present Christ in the conversations of day

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A Prayer for Palm Sunday: Turn our Eyes to Jesus

This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through Carmen’s monthly newsletter, Keeping…

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Reflections on the 2024 State of the Union Address

Last night, the President gave his State of the Union Address. The speech is more than tradition, it is a responsibility laid out in the US…

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State of the Union (in Christ)

Tonight, the President of the United States will deliver the annual address to Congress known as The State of the Union. Whatever President Biden was planning,…

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Since you asked, News sources I rely on

Several listeners have recently asked what news sources I rely on in preparing for each morning’s broadcast. This post was originally published on 2/3/2021 and updated…

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A love letter

How does God love thee, let me count the ways. There are endless ways to approach the question of “how” God loves you. God loves you…

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Lenten prayer of hope

Prepare our hearts This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through…

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When too much of a good thing is no longer good

What the Stanley cup craze tells us about ourselves A woman in Roseville, California, was arrested after police found 65 stolen Stanley tumblers in the trunk…

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Mornings with Carmen Playlist: Lent

Our Christian faith hangs on the reality of the empty tomb (1 Corinthians 15:12ff), and each year, for centuries, believers have been preparing themselves to celebrate…

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My Word of the Year 2024: Small

Do you have a word for the year?  I don’t know how long other people have been doing it but, for the past few years I’ve…

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Cultivating a life of prayer and prayer in real life

Why does prayer feel so hard sometimes? Perhaps we have forgotten (or never learned) what it means to depend on God throughout our day— and by…

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Considering Our Words in the New Year

Words.  What do you hear when you listen to the regular rhythm of cultural conversations today?  Do you hear what I hear? I hear words that…

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Christmas Past, Present and Future

You can’t experience Christmas in the United States or Western world and not have some exposure to Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a…

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