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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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These days are dangerous ...

Read this today and thought it was so spot on: "These days are dangerous.Virtue is choked with foul Ambition,And Charity chased hence by Rancour’s hand." (William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616) Oh Bill Shakespeare, how can you be so wise?

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We all worship something ...

I love a good Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. Anyone who uses the word "behooves" is a favorite of mine! What or whom do you worship? Whatever or whomever it is, forms you. This is how Emerson puts it: "A person will worship something – have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is […]

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Tainted by the lie ...

As we move through Lent and toward the cross, I am  mindful of the  endless number of Christians I meet whose main goal appears to be "working harder" on their faith; trying harder to be a "good Christian," which - if you know me - you know is my least favorite phrase of all time.  I wonder what might happen […]

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The first hour of the morning ...

"The duties and cares of the day crowd about us when we awake each day - if they have not already dispelled our night's rest. How can everything be accommodated in one day? When will I do this, when that? How will it all be accomplished? Thus agitated, we are tempted to run and rush. […]

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Deep calls to deep ...

Friday is my day off. I sat quietly this morning, just breathing, listening, paying attention to my soul. No music. No reading. No journaling. Just eyes closed, sitting quietly, paying attention. Here is what I noticed: My mind and my soul were running fast, skittering from one thought to the next, each new thought spurring […]

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Look at the view ...

Some simple, profound words of wisdom today ... "I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island many years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless suffer in the winter months. He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our […]

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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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