Tag: reflections
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reflections on one year: forgiveness means to wish you well
In this series It’s taken me just as long to read my story as it took to write it, and the last parts were written shortly after attending a Blue Christmas service which is happening tonight. I guess no one is really holding me to a one-year window, but at the same time I really…
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two dangers to avoid in cultural translation
For the past several weeks, I’ve been slowly writing a long post about the cultural translation of the gospel for today with reference to Andrew Walls’s Ephesian Moment. It’s gotten long. And as I’m editing, there’s a large portion that pains me to cut because I spent so much time writing it so now it’s…
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reflections on one year: gratitude
In this series It’s taking a while to go through my story. I’m going at whatever pace I think I can go. I’m glad I left headings so I know what’s next as I read (and these headings also inform me of when I might need to stop). Yet as I bounce back and forth…
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reflections on one year: imperfect memory
in reflectionsIn this series I’m coming up on one year since I parted with my former church of over a decade. I promised myself that I would not revisit my written story (that I wrote at the end of 2023) until one year later. I had written it all down so I could leave it behind…
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Summer of Renewal
in reflectionsI recently saw a friend who had been present throughout the chaos of the past year. He wasn’t present for every step of the unfolding, but because he only saw and sees me intermittently, he was able to say that I looked genuinely happier than I’ve had in the past year. That’s a good sign…
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Reflections on Easter. al-Masīḥ qām!
Easter 2024: a mix of lament and redemption. It’s been a difficult year. I barely participated in this Lenten season. Everything was still a mess in my heart and I lacked a community to practice Lent with, and I was pretty sure I wouldn’t have the discipline to uphold a communal practice on my own.…