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Finding God’s Love in the Snow

Posted on December 29, 2020January 20, 2021 by ptsblog
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I could see my breath in small clouds as I walked down the well-trodden snowy path away from the mess hall. Everything was covered in a thick layer of white. Not the powdery white of fresh snow or the grey of slush, but rather the heavy wet snow that’s good for snowmen. I could hear…

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Breath as Resistance

Posted on December 15, 2020January 20, 2021 by ptsblog
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  The chaos is so loud. This fall has brought photos from the West Coast of ash-covered cars and ruby skylines belonging in a Margret Atwood novel; An unprecedented number of tropical storms have threatened the Southeast, destruction accentuating displacement; Kentucky said that the officers who killed Breonna Taylor did not commit a crime; More…

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What Can Faith Offer a Secular Society?

Posted on November 17, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog
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In many parts of the world, “Christendom”—the reality of the Church wielding political, economic, and/or cultural power—is over. Scholars may debate to what extent this is a good development for the Church or the world, but one thing is clear: in the West, the Church no longer exerts the influence on international, national, or even…

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