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| SPIRIT MATTERS ARCHIVE |
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May 15, 2008
Spirit matters
Open your mouth
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe writes about the reciprocal blessings that arise in small-town ministry.
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December 01, 2007
Spirit matters
Parables for fundraisers
The view from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, by contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe.
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August 18, 2007
Spirit matters
O Thou who changest not, abide with me
The view from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, by contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe.
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May 01, 2007
Spirit matters: Gentle heroes welcome
New messiahs need not apply
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe lauds the gentle, gracious leaders who have the humility to offer what they have (like prayer) and ask for what they don't have (like money).
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February 15, 2007
Spirit Matters: And who is my neighbor?
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe suggests that interacting with international students helps people see the world through the eyes of Jesus.
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November 09, 2006
Spirit matters: Let us now praise loopy hymns
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe celebrates hymns that are make us think -- sometimes right through our laughter.
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June 17, 2006
Spirit matters: St. John's Home for Wayward Clergy
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe offers everyone a welcome to her congregation -- which sometimes resembles the Island of Misfit Toys.
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March 04, 2006
Spirit matters: Poverty, cynicism, and American cigarettes
Contributing editor Melinda
R. Heppe has found that
seminarians are a
maddeningly delightful
bundle of contradictions --
people who are willing to
sacrifice everything except,
sometimes, the little comforts.
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December 16, 2005
Spirit Matters: In the soul of the beholder
Contributing editor
Melinda R. Heppe
suggests that bad taste
isn't always so bad.
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September 10, 2005
Spirit Matters: Discernment, faith, and wisdom at Camp Dragonfly
Contributing editor Melinda R. Heppe finds three theological virtues in an unlikely place -- Camp Dragonfly.
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