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Oneness in a Time of Empire
Learning from the Bible in an age of authoritarian power
 • Mark Longhurst
Practicing the Presence of God
Brother Lawrence and the spirituality of ordinary life
 • Mark Longhurst
A Love That Moves
Beloved Identity and the Breaking Open of Heaven
 • Mark Longhurst
Top Five Posts of 2025
Happy almost New Year, friends and readers.
 • Mark Longhurst
A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse
A Bible nerd's deep dive beyond the familiar Advent image
 • Mark Longhurst
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An Ordinary Life, Fully Awake
Lerita Coleman Brown on Howard Thurman and everyday mysticism
 • Mark Longhurst
Is Good News Coming?
Advent and the Art of Preparation
 • Mark Longhurst
What Happens in Prayer is None of My Business
On releasing control, trusting divine mystery, and letting go of results
 • Mark Longhurst
Baptism and Identity in an Age of Extremism
Today I’d like to think about Christian baptism, and what it might mean for Christians to claim the power of baptismal “identity” today.
 • Mark Longhurst
the holy ordinary by Mark Longhurst
the holy ordinary by Mark Longhurst
Contemplative writing from the heart of everyday life. And other stuff, like a slow, mystical-political journey through the book of Revelation (yes, that book).
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