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Blood on My Hands

Posted on January 27, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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The other day, quite unintentionally actually, I found myself in Chapel at my school, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I am a marvelously busy guy these days, and Chapel is one thing that just seems to fall off my radar screen each week. But I was having lunch with someone who wanted to swing by Chapel first,…

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Starbucks, Red Cups, and the Grace of Being Offended

Posted on November 9, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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While the Christian right and the left are hashing it out over Twitter, arguing about the merits and demerits of Starbucks’s new inclusive red cups, I want to press pause to ask the question: Is there anything this episode can teach us about the Christian spiritual life? The answer, I believe, is yes. We can…

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Phyllis Tickle Taught Me How to Pray

Posted on October 6, 2015January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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When I heard the news that Phyllis Tickle passed away Sept. 22, 2015, I wondered what office of prayer she had just completed. I imagine that a woman who led so many into deeper practices of prayer would surely pass into the fullness of the Kingdom by way of prayer. In her own prayer-book, the…

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