Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer

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The City Beautiful
Some fragmented thoughts on the delights of small cities, the unexpected finds from my visit to Waco last year, and tulips from our yard
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I Do Not Like Crab Rangoon
Some fragmented thoughts on American dumplings, authenticity and appropriation, markers of identity, loathing and longing, and stunning…
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Beginning to Believe
Some fragmented thoughts on Ordination Day, restoration to community, the Rev. Fozzie, and Jesus meeting Thomas where he was
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Who is this whole thing FOR, anyhow?
an ordination sermon for the unordinary Jeff Chu
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Vows
Some fragmented thoughts on my impending ordination, impossible promises, heroes of the faith, worms, and dresses
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The Way of the Donkey
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On Mockery
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Vows
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The Valley of Grief
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Radical Tolerance
Some fragmented thoughts on the countercultural teaching of Paulo Freire, a remarkable dialogue in Iran, the Last Supper, and my upcoming ordination
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Falling—and Rising Again
Some fragmented thoughts about a moving new book on disability, the cultivation of compassion, eating my way through Southern California, exvangelicals…
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Kitchen Stories
Some fragmented thoughts on "The Bear," peeling potatoes, the safe haven of the kitchen, "The Holdovers," and offering solidarity to the suffering in…
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Tastes Like Home
Some fragmented thoughts on the Laotian-American chef Lon Bounsanga, his new restaurant SAAP, the taste of comfort, interviews with Edouard Louis and…
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On Fury
Some fragmented thoughts on wrongdoing and rage, righteously channeled anger, ancient Greek mythology, premature blossoms, and upcoming events
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Out of the Shadows
Some fragmented thoughts on loneliness, Spencer LaJoye's stunning new album, freshly fallen snow, the beginning of Lent, and a prayer for gratitude
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Here Be Dragons
Some fragmented thoughts on the Lunar New Year, the misappropriation of the Chinese zodiac, dumplings, and an ancient legend about the loving dragons
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Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer
Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer
Jesus, compost, tables and chairs
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Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
Wholehearted Faith
(co-authored with Rachel Held Evans)

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