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Quiet Time: Interfaith Dialogue

Dear God of every tongue and tribe, I confess that loving my neighbor comes easier when my neighbor looks like me, prays like me, and reads the same scriptures I do. But Matthew 5:44 doesn't let me off that easy....

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Dear God of all creation, You who spoke the oceans into their boundaries and set the stars wheeling in their courses, This morning I watched frost form on my window — tiny, intricate crystals that will vanish by noon. And...

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Evening Prayer: Science and Faith

Gracious God, as evening settles and the first stars appear — those ancient furnaces burning millions of light-years away, yet steady enough to guide shepherds and sailors home — I marvel that You who flung galaxies into the void also...

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