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This is probably not the Advent reflection you were looking for.

What does joy mean in a season of despair?

Podcast Episode · Meditating with Dr. Chanequa · 12/07/2025 · 16m

Inspired by the season of Advent, this guided meditation invites us to cultivate peacefulness in our bodies, hearts, and relationships.

These days I often struggle with hope. The world feels too bleak. The country has let me down. The church has let me down. It’s a good thing that Advent begins with hope in the midst of darkness. In t...

A statement of belief for those of us who love Jesus and justice, but who often can't find either in the church

Key takeaways after a Senate breakthrough heralds a possible end in sight to the longest shutdown in US history.

My spiritual life changed for the better when I stopped looking for the promised land and learned to make my home in the wilderness.

I used to be the only one of my ministry friends not attending church on Sundays. Not anymore.

It shouldn't be this hard for the church to offer genuine welcome

Humans were made for relationship, but we seem to keep forgetting that.

Humans were made for relationship, but we seem to keep forgetting that.

Yes, I’m writing about rest and resistance again. It won’t be the last time, either.

Invisibility can be a superpower, but only if we get to choose it.

ALT: a woman wearing hoop earrings is sitting in the back seat of a car .

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

My people were never meant to be free, but since when has that stopped our joy?

Starting the school year with a new intention to keep me from being carried away by chaos

Two books from my summer reading have affirmed my prayer life and nurtured my hope

If it goes forward, it will plunge the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis

As this school year begins under political upheaval and violence, I offer this prayer for faculty, staff, students, and academic institutions.