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Belonging Is Built One Choice at a Time

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Seeing the Forest for the Trees A few weeks ago, while hiking in a forest heading up to a small hot springs with some friends, I stood in a forest that had once been consumed by fire. Blackened trunks still marked the landscape, reminders of what had been lost. Yet beneath them, young trees stretched […]

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A burned out forest with a new green pine tree sprouting out of a blackened ground.

What Grows After the Fire: A Fourth of July Reflection on Freedom, Renewal, and Belonging

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The Fourth of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the flags lining Main Street, the small-town parades, families gathered around picnic tables, the smell of hamburgers on the grill, and the evening sky filling with fireworks. This year feels different because I’ve stopped loving this country. Quite the opposite. I

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