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What are we missing?

Will I wake up one day and realize that I missed the point? Has God tried to do something in my life but I was too busy, too heart-pinned with worry, and numbed by all the cultural noise that I missed the opportunity? For me, Lent is less about giving

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Wear Your Heart Outside Your Chest

Welcome back! It has been a busy last six weeks for me! I was ordained, turned in a manuscript for a new book, and helped my daughter Belle with all of her college applications! Following is an excerpt from my ordination ceremony. A timely message for Valentine’s, but more, I

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Find Your Joy

Something more for Christmas

Some years we need Christmas as if our whole life depended on it. Maybe this has been a challenging year in mind, body and spirit, more dark days than light. Maybe you do your best to conceal it but underneath you are lonely, afraid, and short on hope. Or maybe

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Seasons of Wonder

Boy do I have a Christmas gift for you! My friend and fellow Sewanee grad, now a popular professor of English at Belmont University, and the author of several celebrated books, has written what I believe to be the spiritual book of the year! In a world that feels coarse

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Farrell holding Ribollita Soup.

Mama Let’s Cook: Soupe au Pistou!

The Sunday after Thanksgiving, I crave something simple, healthy and delicious. I am a big fan of the French take on vegetable soup called, Soupe au Pistou. I love the recipe because you can use whatever vegetables you have left in your garden or you pick up at the Saturday

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