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We live in a world that is obsessed with freedom from constraint, a world in which commitment is seen as the enemy of choice, and where we are encouraged to keep options open at all costs.

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December 2024 Edtn

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Where Does Joy Come In?

Sonya Lewthwaite

I began Advent early this year by listening through the album of that title by The Porter’s Gate, especially its third track, “He Comes”.

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August 2023 Edtn

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The Generous Reader

Sonya Lewthwaite

There is a posture we can take toward writings from the past that opens us to being changed by what we encounter and, simultaneously, keeps us radically realistic about the ways in which what we read will fall short of the mark.

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February 2023 Edtn

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The Pain of Others and the Call to Prayer

Sonya Lewthwaite

One of the quirks of celebrating the church calendar in the Southern Hemisphere is that the season of Lent (observed in the Northern Hemisphere during the bleak end of the winter months) takes place against the backdrop of our most abundant time of the year.

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April 2022 Edtn

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What Good is Prayer for Others?

Sonya Lewthwaite

One of the quirks of celebrating the church calendar in the Southern Hemisphere is that the recent season of Lent (observed in the Northern Hemisphere during the bleak end of the winter months) takes place against the backdrop of our most abundant time of the year.

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August 2021 Edtn

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The Generous Reader

Sonya Lewthwaite

Reflecting on her first experience of reading theology, a friend of mine recently recalled her surprise at the attention theologians gave writers of the past.

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Returning to Freedom

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We’ve Found Freedom: Two Reflections

Creation in Six Swatches

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