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The first lesbian couple ordained without the blessing of the ELCA discuss coming out, falling in love, losing jobs then gaining them, and feeling God work through them during the AIDS crisis and their hospice chaplaincy. A guest contribution from Sasha Aslanian.

A guest contributor uses poetry as a vehicle for processing his faith, doubts and depression during the Advent season.

StoryCorps's animated short of a mother and her son with Asperger's syndrome reminds us of the lessons Paul Collins shared about raising his autistic son.

A nest with no babies illustrates the predicament of Israel‘s Palestinian citizens.

Martin Marty highlights "one of the best short criticisms yet of the old/new or new/old atheism" by Jackson Lears, "whose critics describe him as a 'man of the left' in a 'magazine of the left.'"

A guest contributor shares his reflections about reconnecting to the earth in an urban environment.

The story of an 8-Ball Crip and Jewish convert who served in the IDF and asked whether he "started placing the state of Israel in the position of God." A guest report from Rosalina Nieves of USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.

Reflections from Belfast on the opportunity of Ash Wednesday: "Lent is less for giving up, and more for making space."

A touching reflection by Mary Moos on spiritual displacement in a Roman Catholic family, finding a home in Judaism, and a better understanding of Christ during Passover.

A guest contributor reflects on how being still with life's deaths and resurrections connects her to the universe.

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