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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 Jesuits reformed the Western calendar. Then they attempted to do the same in China.
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Liz Lykins
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The dawn of Easter reminds us that what the world might see as a waste can actually be a wonder.
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