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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Domesticating God

    After writing the Name It, Claim It blog post, I kept looking for a better way to describe how we treat God like a cosmic vending machine—and then I found it: Yes, sometimes we humans try to rope God into our dark plots and use God to help us scramble to the top of the… Read more


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  • Name it, claim it

    When the “name it and claim it” sermon ended, I felt that familiar knot in my stomach again. Something about speaking prosperity into existence felt eerily familiar—like something I’d seen before, but wrapped in different packaging. When I was young, my sister and I watched The Secret when it aired on cable TV. It was… Read more


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