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A breath of fresh air for your mind.

Have you been prioritizing your daily to-do lists over life’s bigger picture? It can be so easy to get caught up in tasks and forget to foreground life’s mysteries once in a while. So set aside just five minutes and join me on Alice at Dawn as we ponder thought-provoking questions and navigate our complex world together.

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Featured: Please come ...

Have you ever asked any of these questions: Can I be a Christian and affirming of my LGBTQ+ friends and neighbors? Can I love my gay child and still go to church? I'm gay - What does God think about me? Where does most homophobia originate? What specific Bible verses do people use to "clobber" […]

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The Gospel liberates ...

Doing some great reading on GRACE for my Easter teaching ... and stumbled upon this beautiful statement. See if it doesn't lift your spirits today: "The gospel liberates us to be okay with not being okay. We know we're not - though we try very hard to convince other people we are. But the gospel […]

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Hatred over pain?

I read this today and wondered if this is one of the reasons so many of us have such a hard time forgiving those who have hurt us ... Do we believe that hatred is easier to deal with than pain? "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the one who hated, […]

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The greatest of virtues ...

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." (Cicero)

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Love your enemies ...

In two classes I am leading, we are talking about forgiving those who have wronged us,  loving our enemies, and wishing good for those who curse us. What hard stuff! But I love how practical we are urged to be: Simply start praying for those who feel like competitors, for those whose success somehow threatens […]

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The most dangerous thing ...

"The most dangerous thing that can happen to you is that you become proud of your own obedience." (Tullian Tchividjian)

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I do know how to pay attention ...

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should […]

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A mental breath of fresh air.

There is sometimes a perception that because I have been a pastor for the past 20 years and have been counseling at least as long, that I have my whole life together.

But honestly, that’s not always the case.

I struggle with many of the same things that you do, and that’s one of the reasons I write Alice at Dawn. So that we can tackle those questions together.


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Welcome to Alice at Dawn. My short posts are meant to be regular reminders to keep walking, to keep living, to continue to listen to the voice deep within your spirit that whispers ... this is the way. Walk in it.

Please join us, and invite others ... You are very, very welcome here.

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