August 12, 2025
By Jarel Robinson-Brown The first time I sensed a vocation to ordained ministry, I knew that it would be a vocation of both mind and heart. […]
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April 14, 2021
Published by Jonathan Clatworthy on April 14, 2021
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Some issues just don’t go away. The biggest concerns facing the world today are modern versions of old ones. This post argues that the first chapter […]