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Bombay Beach

Rivers don’t stay put. It’s not just that water keeps flowing. It’s also that rivers’ courses keep changing. Water...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
March 27, 2025
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Psalms: finding your voice

Can you talk to God? How? What is okay to say and not say? Can you really be honest? The Psalms show us. On...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
March 17, 2025
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Lent

The roots of the season of Lent go back to a time of great change. In the century from the year 300 to 400, the...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
March 5, 2025
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Outraged

guidance for loving enemies
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
February 27, 2025
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Perpetual Offerings

financial gifts can keep on giving
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
February 18, 2025
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Community Organizing Training

Last week, I traveled to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, where the daily high temperatures were negative degrees. I went...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
February 11, 2025
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Loving your (political) enemies

Image credit: Police Dogs Attack Demonstrators, Birmingham Protests, © Charles Moore. Source. In Wednesday morning...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
February 5, 2025
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More Good News to the Poor

Yes, this week’s gospel is the same as last week’s. Zion’s worship follows a lectionary, a fancy word for “schedule...
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
January 29, 2025
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The Living School

Essentials of Engaged Contemplation
Rev. Clark Olson-Smith
January 16, 2025
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St. Elizabeth Hospital Fire

tragedy and faith in action
Colleen Peterson
January 9, 2025

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