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In 2012, I took a class at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan titled Staying Open, Writing as an Act of Faith. As a 70-year-old gray-haired woman, I joined a class of 20-somethings (mostly male) with no little fear and … Continue reading
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Chasing the Holy Spirit
San Antonio, June 2009. I am jammed into a crowded hotel meeting room. Eager participants are dragging chairs from other rooms into the aisles. The stifling air is filled with eager chatter. Finally a professorial and pretty ordinary looking man and five 20’s or 30’s -something young people … Continue reading
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