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Reflections for a Slow and Sacred Life: Finding Stillness, Meaning, and Presence in a Hurried World.

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    The Wisdom of Silence

    July 6, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    It is a curious thing, is it not, how silence unnerves us? We fill it with weather updates, trivia, and…

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    The Algorithms of Despair 

    July 5, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    On finding truth in an age of misinformation There was a time, not long ago, when disagreement was considered a…

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    Scorched Earth, Sacred Ground 

    July 4, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    On reimagining our place in Creation A few weeks ago, I found myself wandering through the surreal corridors of Las…

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    Beneath the Rising Waters

    July 3, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    On hope for those on the margins It was the sound of dripping that woke me, a slow, methodical tapping…

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    Ghosts in the Machine 

    July 2, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A reflection on navigating AI with a human heart Sometime last month, in the dim stillness of early morning, that…

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    The Fragile Flame

    July 1, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    A reflection on hope in the age of acceleration There is a curious dissonance in the air these days. The sort…

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    Curators of Hope: A Thematic Introduction

    June 30, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    This morning, I write to you from a familiar perch, my breakfast nook, where light filters gently through the window…

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    The Language of Injury

    June 29, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me.” It’s one of those adages we all…

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    Sanctioned by the Sacred

    June 28, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    Years ago, during my first semester reading theology, I found myself seated in a seminar with two dozen other students…

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    The Aesthetic of Harm

    June 27, 2025 - By Dave Spence

    My siblings and I were having a discussion earlier this week that reminded me of a class I took years…

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