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Not Dead Yet: the Conundrum of Retirement
Grace in the Last Third of Life
The Road that Brings Us ’Round
“Give me a land that I ain’t bought …”
Forde Friday: A New Sense of Self-Worth
“For a resurrection to happen, there must first be a death.”
The Best Gift Wendell Gave Me
He took God seriously, but not himself.
Blessed Are the Jesters
The Graceful Implication of English Humor
Our Place in the World
I walked and dreamed, the sun in clouds,
Dreamer and day at odds
Podcasts
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The Mockingpulpit “Wanting Another Life” — Ryan Alvey -
Same Old Song Pentecost 17 (A): The Good News of the Unfair God -
Talkingbird Law and Gospel Pt 2: The Good Thing that Kills – Will McDavid and Gil Kracke -
PZs Podcast Episode 412 – “The Searchers” -
The Brothers Zahl Episode 23: Culture -
The Mockingcast Episode 296: The Curb That the Builders Rejected
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Nuts, Bolts, and the Holy Ghost, Ep. 9: Interview with Ethan Magness
The Mercy of Not Having It All
“We must accept the circumstances of today as the place of our formation.”