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Hello, dear readers, and welcome, somehow, impossibly, to 2026. If you're reading this, you made it, and I'm proud of you. 2025 was a wild year for most everyone

Hello, dear readers—it's been a while. Since I last blogged, I've graduated from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities with my Master of Arts in Leadership in

Today I'm sharing another conversation with a poem by Mary Oliver; once again, her words are in italics, and the rest are mine. I wrote this piece back in March, in

I adore Mary Oliver's poetry. There are a few writers who have left this world that I consider to be sort of personal patron saints, and she's one of

Hello, dear readers—we've done it! We've made it to the last day of 2024. While I am not exactly eager to see what's coming in 2025,