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Learning to walk under the weight of ministry's many hats.
Steve Cuss
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Worship Can Sound Like Silence and Feel Like Rest
The Liturgy Collective Gathering aims to offer a reprieve to the leaders responsible for filling the soundtracks of our services.
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The Duggar documentary reminds Christians that we are the generation not of Joshua but of Jesus.
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Merchant marines are still struggling, body and soul, after COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions.
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