Maybe like me, you spent the week crying to Dolly tunes? In 1996 Dolly Parton covered Yusuf/Cat Stevens “Peace Train” for her album Treasures. Dolly heard the South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazom’s tight zulu harmonies and flying vocalizations in a Lifesavers commercial and reached out to collaborate with them. Dolly said “Peace Train” reflected […]
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Fill in the blank, “God is ______”. How do you describe God? Did you fill in the blank with First John 4:16 “God is love” ? You might have written: God is awesome, God is holy, God is transcendent, mysterious, mighty, merciful, forgiving, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, forgiving, creating, renewing, healing or […]
In Matthew 22, Jesus quotes from Exodus, “God said ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Today, as we celebrate our Encore ministries, I have been thinking theologically about this human-centric naming of God. What are the lessons from “the God of our ancestors”? (Exodus 3) Who […]
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