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On Why and How We Believe: A Pastoral Reflection

Why do we believe the things we believe? We are tempted to believe things the people we look up to believe. We are tempted to believe things our culture tells us to believe. We are tempted to believe things that are easy to believe. We are tempted to believe things we want to believe. We are tempted to believe things…

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Church History & Christian Spirituality

Since completing my M. Div. program I’ve been often asked what I found most helpful or impactful. My response is always the same, and it’s always met with some surprise: church history. Studying church history has been the most spiritually formative exercise of my seminary program, outside of regular Bible reading. Here are four things that happen when we look…

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