Changing Perspectives

It occurs to me that we at the CLF are tremendously fortunate to be part of this global community. Perspectives other than the ones we’re surrounded by make us think more creatively.

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A Place for Exploration

Our learning fellows are absolutely central to creating this learning environment. They arrive from many places and stages of life, with dreams and longings for ministry that defy convention.

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Living Life as a Blessing

I’d love to be able to give to everyone who asks me, and I can’t. Here’s what I try to do: bless the money I give, and also bless the requests I cannot fund even though I wish I could.

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In the Face of Evil

President Trump described the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas as “an act of absolute evil.” For once, I wouldn’t argue with him.

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Getting Tough

So, the president responded to news of North Korean missile testing by tweeting that they will be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.” 

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Celebrate Bisexuality Day 2015 – A Prayer

2015-09-23 A Prayer Beyond Binaries By Lindasusan Ulrich [quote style=”boxed”]I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted – romantically and/or sexually – to people of more than one sex and/or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily…

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NEW Facebook Groups

2015-02-26 At CLF we are always searching for ways to deepen and strengthen our community. Over the past couple of weeks our quest has included the creation of new Facebook groups. Each group has a different purpose and we hope you find them to be places that helps to connect you with fellow members and friends of…

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Selma 2015: 50 Years After The March

This year marks the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when 600 civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by local police forces in Alabama. There are many resources available for folks to educate themselves about what happened and why it happened, and how it changed the arch of this nation’s history in profound ways.

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Election Day, November 4, 2014

2014-11-04 Today is the day, friends. The day to VOTE. This is the day when we get a chance to be citizens and constituents, rather than just consumers. Today is the day this nation decides party control over the House and Senate, decides who will address the looming issues of raising the minimum wage, immigration reform,…

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