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Jesus went up into the hills near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. He spent the night talking with God, as he often did. And after that conversation, he called together the core of the people who had been following him. Maybe 100 people scattered out in little groups, maybe with campfires, sleeping under […]

Saturday was All Saints Day in the Church calendar. The point of All Saints Day is to remember those who have died and to do so in the context of their faith and God’s faithfulness. Hebrews 11 is, for me, a great model of how to remember those who are gone. They lived in anticipation […]

God. We feel disconnected. Isolated. Lonely. Even when we are with people all day long, helping, serving, working, we feel disconnected. Even with invisible community connections of chat, we feel lonely. And when we are away from home, away from routine, away from what we know best and do best, we feel isolated. We feel […]

Jane Munk died suddenly in November 2024. Now, a couple weeks before that anniversary, some friends of Jane came to this nature center for a hike in the woods, for story-telling, for food. A couple dozen people stood around a couple tables in the conference room. “Jane curated this gathering,” Jason said. “Even though she’s […]

I’ve spent much of my time as a chaplain being afraid. “Don’t mess up” was what I told myself as I walked into the building. Because, of course, there are implications of getting things wrong. If the paperwork is filled out wrong, a body could go to the wrong funeral home. If you read the […]