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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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Make time for rest ...

"Rest is not something that the world gives us. It's never been a gift.  It's never been something you do when you've finished everything else. If you want rest, you have to take it. You have to resist the lure of busyness, make time for rest, take it seriously, and protect it from a world […]

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How can I be helpful?

It is so easy to get confused and distracted on our journey of following Jesus. We clutter up our path with so many "to do's" that we often end up doing very little except wandering in circles drowning in our own busyness. This is why I love the straightforward writing of some of the saints. […]

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The irrational season ...

"This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason There'd have been no room for the child." (Madeleine L'Engle)

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I must start ...

After a long and contentious political season it is good to pause for a moment, take a deep, deep breath and ponder the things for which we are grateful. Here is my list today: 1. I am grateful to live in a land that is not torn asunder by war. And every day I must […]

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Religious motives ...

"Men never sin more grievously than when they act from religious motives." (Blaise Pascal)

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A prayer ...

God, May your people who call ourselves by your Son's name begin to live in the actual ways and teachings of Jesus today. May we remember that Jesus taught us to lay down our lives for the sake of others, to never live for ourselves and our own advancement, but to pour out our lives […]

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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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