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If God Is That Sublime Moment
If God is that sublime moment in the story when Jesus said, “And his father seeing him afar off . . . ” which could mean, of course, that...
If God Is My Elm’s Great Roots
If God is my elm’s great roots burrowing deep for water but, as branches seek sun, might also want light, and so slowly begin rooting upward shouldering loose the...
If God is My Unsable Past
If God is my usable past, the part worth saving, the minutes, episodes, chance in-counters when I measure the moment by soul standard, an inward counting of worth and...
If God Is Any Great Returning
If God is any great returning, a listening to some new witness bidding within, any hard going back to where in a rootless time you quit, as Bonhoeffer left...
Of God Is Calling Your Name
If God is calling your name, a name that is common enough, how would you know, what could make you sure it was he called and not some other...