Meet the Writers – Rachel G. Hackenberg

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Get to know Rachel G. Hackenberg, a writer in the March/April 2012 issue. She wrote “In the Wilds” (page 11). To get a copy of this issue or to order a subscription to Alive Now, call 1.800.972.0433 or order online. Wardrobe Changes: My Experience of Ministry There are many days when the only notable difference [...]

March 8, 2012 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

2012 Holy Week Scriptures

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We probably have more church services during Holy Week than any other week of the year. Even for the days when there aren’t specific services, there are still liturgical readings set aside for the celebration and observance of each day of Holy Week. We invite you to journey along with scripture for each day of [...]

March 5, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

From the Editor – Wilderness

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Lent begins in the wilderness. … Even against our better judgment, we must begin these forty days by going alone to a wild place — in ourselves or in our lives. If we are fiercely honest with ourselves as we begin a Lenten journey toward greater openness, we must start by seeing things we would [...]

February 24, 2012 4 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

The Ashes

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I’ll never think of the ashes for Ash Wednesday in the same way again — ever since I asked our confirmation class members to assist me in burning some dried-out palm branches in preparation for the Imposition of Ashes. Our small church doesn’t have a confirmation class every year — not enough kids. And we [...]

February 21, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

Transfiguration

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by Steve Garnaas-Holmes Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you. He was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. —Mark 9:2-3 The disciples were having no strange vision, nor the evangelist concocting a tableau for the delight of Renaissance painters. It was simply this: [...]

February 17, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

Belonging to the Land

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by Barbara Bate In 1986, as a parttime commuter student, I signed up for a six week course in “Christian Spirituality” at McCormick Seminary in Chicago. The teacher was Father Elias Chacour, a Melkite Orthodox priest from Ibillin, on the Sea of Galilee. Sitting in front of us he was a quiet man with a [...]

February 15, 2012 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE →

Meet the Writers: Sudha Khristmukti

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Meet Sudha Kristmukti, one of our long-time contributors who lives in Gujarat, India.  Her poem, “A Redemptive Chance,” is on page 10 of the current issue. Alive Now: How did you get involved in spiritual writing? Sudha: My mother told me that I was eight years old when I wrote a little prayer. As the years went [...]

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