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Ash Wednesday Selfies: Christian Witness on the Digital Streets

Yesterday, across the social media landscape, Christians posted photos of their foreheads smudged with ashes received at church services in observance of Ash Wednesday. The phenomenon generated several hashtags where fellow Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook users could peruse the results, perhaps none more popular than the appropriately pithy #ashtag. Yet with nearly the same alacrity… Read More Ash Wednesday Selfies: Christian Witness on the Digital Streets

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Called to Sacrifice: What Can We Give Up to Enrich Others This Lent?

In Pope Francis’ Lenten message, he offered a rich reflection on 2 Corinthians 8:9: “He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.” Francis asked, “What do these words of Saint Paul mean for us Christians today? What does this invitation to poverty, a life of evangelical poverty, mean to us today?”… Read More Called to Sacrifice: What Can We Give Up to Enrich Others This Lent?

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Leading with Vulnerability (and Getting Hit over the Head with an Umbrella)

So there I was, getting beaten over the head with an umbrella by a client in the middle of the parking lot (I’m a social worker, working with men and women experiencing homelessness).  As the umbrella came down, my mind raced, thinking of the possible ways I could best handle this situation (clinically speaking of… Read More Leading with Vulnerability (and Getting Hit over the Head with an Umbrella)

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