September 16, 2026

By Laurie Anderson | September 26, 2026

This week I will attend the 54th Walnut Valley Festival. I still clearly remember my mom and her best friend loading up our car with their kids, complete with picnic/sack lunches and we drove from Wichita to the festival for the day. I remember I brought my best friend along for the fun too, a couple of…

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September 9, 2026

By Laurie Anderson | September 26, 2026

            I officiated a wedding this last weekend. In many ceremonies we have the familiar “I do.” It is universally accepted. Yet, I find it interesting that we say, “I do” when the reality is “we do.” A person enters this covenant partnership as an individual and exits as a couple. It is the movement from…

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August 26, 2026

By Laurie Anderson | September 26, 2026

In this month’s Sojourners magazine, writer, public theologian; Damon Garcia-  gives us another perspective on the theology of “gifts”:  “I no longer believe God gives us individual gifts of specific skills that we’re supposed to discover and use. Now I believe God gives all of us one big gift that we all share together. And that…

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