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Why I am Not Doing Intinction Anymore

Posted on February 2, 2017January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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The following post originally appeared May 13, 2016, on the author’s blog as part of a series on communion. What is intinction? Intinction is the style of communion where a person takes a piece of bread (often ripping it off of the loaf) and dips it into a communal cup of wine (or often grape juice)….

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Listening to your Community as Social Agency

Posted on January 25, 2017January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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Last fall the Pittsburgh “Latte Art Throwdown” was held in my neighborhood. Baristas from coffee shops all around the city gathered to compete with one another in creating elaborate latte designs on demand. The organizer called baristas forward, rolled a die with different latte-art designs, and then invited the barista to make the design with…

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Will you grow spiritually this year?

Posted on January 23, 2017January 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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My kids were each wearing blue the other morning—Duke blue—when my seven-year-old daughter slipped into my bedroom as I was getting ready for work and saw the narrow blue stripes on my dress shirt. “Oh, good!” she declared. “You’re wearing blue too!” “Yes,” I said, “but I’m about to put on a green sweater.” She…

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