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10/31/2025

Delaney Metcalf: "When we eat food made by strangers in a rush, we don’t think about where it came from—the farmers who grew it, the animals who gave their lives, the earth that sustained it all. We just consume. And consumption without reflection eventually makes us hollow."

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Sometimes I still fall back into old habits and grab something quick when I’m tired or busy. But I can’t go back to not noticing.

10/31/2025

Ken Sehested: "I now believe there is no observance in the liturgical year in greater need of recovery than All Saints Day. In turbulent times and turgid circumstances, we need the sustenance of resilient memory.

Remembrance of those gone before us provides the buoyancy to continue the struggle despite bleak prospects."

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I now believe there is no observance in the liturgical year in greater need of recovery than All Saints Day.

10/30/2025

Kerri Fisher: We might not claim either extreme as our personal philosophy in all circumstances. But I would hope that in studying service to each other, we would find ourselves, if ever so slightly, on one end of this continuum, because stakes matter.

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Some positions, policies and practices are objectively more violent than others.

10/30/2025

Kali Cawthon-Freels: As a life-long nerd, I’ve often found sci-fi, fantasy, and other fictitious media avenues through which to understand current events. Few movies describe our current cultural moment as well as “Wakanda Forever,” the sequel to Marvel’s hit “Black Panther.”

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We may not have vibranium to lose, but we have paychecks, groceries, homes, and livelihoods to lose, and people are losing them left and right.

10/30/2025

Craig Nash: Many stories have been told and written about Kyle’s life, that moment, the moments leading up to it, and the years after, as we sought to make sense of our friend’s legacy and the tragedy that took him from us. This week, I’ve been thinking about the final year of his time on earth.

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As we approach this week, may we love God, embrace beauty, and live life to the fullest.

10/29/2025

Craig Nash: "According to a recent Gallup poll, for the first time in five years, the U.S. public views the Democratic Party as more likely than the Republican Party to keep the country prosperous—47% to 43%, respectively."

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A new Gallup poll finds Americans now view Democrats as more likely than Republicans to keep the country prosperous, 47% to 43%, marking the first Democratic advantage on the issue in five years.

10/29/2025

Rev. Dr. Mark Sandlin: "Part of what makes rebuilding so hard is that our spiritual reflexes were trained in certainty. We want a blueprint, a perfect theology, a tidy list of beliefs so we can feel like we’ve arrived.

But reconstruction isn’t about replacing old certainty with new certainty. It’s more like learning to build while walking."

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Reconstruction means finding or forming spaces where mutual care replaces mutual judgment.

10/29/2025

In each episode of “Good Faith Stories,” we bring you a collection of different stories tied to a theme — unique, true and short stories as told by the people who lived them 🦋

Episode Five — themed “Second Comings” and hosted by author and minister Starlette Thomas — features stories by Cliff Vaughn, Mitch Randall, Jessie Wensman, and Kevin Heifner.

Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts!

10/28/2025

NEW BOOK: "Jesus’ Common-Sense Gospel" by Maralene & Miles Wesner clearly and briefly describes the basic tenets of faith in the way they believe Jesus would present them if he were here today.

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Jesus’ Common-Sense Gospel is the summary and culmination of all of the Wesners' other work. It simply, clearly and briefly describes the basic tenets of their faith in the way they believe Jesus would present and emphasize them if he were here today. Books are shipped via standard/media mail. Exp...

10/28/2025

Bruce Salmon: "Pastoral ministry is more than a job; it’s a calling. It doesn’t end when the paycheck stops. It remains part of who I am and how I serve as a Christian, although Saturday nights are far less stressful."

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Pastoral ministry is more than a job; it’s a calling. It doesn’t end when the paycheck stops.

10/28/2025

Craig Nash: The principle behind “economies of scale” is that there are cost advantages to efficiency—cost decreases as scale increases.

Supporting federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is another way to leverage the power of scale.

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No ‘Total Money Makeover’ program can pull someone out of poverty in a world that doesn’t require employers to pay living wages.

10/28/2025

In this week's sermon, Rev. Ashley Gill Harrington focuses on the lament of Habakkuk and the familiar story of Zacchaeus. She uses the juxtaposition to explore “mishpat,” which sometimes “comes as a drip before it can roll down as Amos envisions.”

Rev. Harrington is associate pastor of children and church communications at Georgetown Baptist Church in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Watch: https://asermonforeverysunday.com