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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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Beware the leader ...

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch  and the blood boils with hate and […]

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Because God Does ...

I've been thinking a lot lately about how people who follow Jesus are called to treat "the other"  ... immigrants, ... refugees, people who look different from us. The political language around this concept can be downright frightening. And it is easy to get confused. But the Scriptures aren't confusing. Listen to what Barbara Brown […]

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Being fully human ...

"When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them what God's realm was like, he told them stories of their own lives. When people wanted (Jesus) to tell them God's truth about something, he asked them what they thought. With all kinds of opportunities to tell people what to think, he told them what to do instead. […]

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One of the great questions ...

Heard this quote this afternoon and laughed out loud: "One of the greatest theological questions of our time is, 'What in the Sam Hill is going on around here?'" (Annie Dillard)

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What if?

What if ... in cities across our country people of faith prayed every time they heard a siren ... for both the health and the safety of  the police officer or fire fighter speeding toward potential danger, as well as for the health and safety of those they were speeding toward? What if every siren, […]

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I am called to go ...

This post is about me. It is not about you. It is not about other people,  or groups or causes. It is not about what I think you should do. It is about me. Our church is walking through Jesus' famous "Sermon on the Mount" this summer. It can be found in the Gospel of Matthew, […]

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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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