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Ashley Hales

The Empty Places We Create
Faith and Culture

The Empty Places We Create

ByAshley Hales May 1, 2022April 26, 2022

Those of us who are people of faith tend to worship our place alongside God. Sure, we love Jesus, but in the suburbs we’d like our slice of the American dream too. We want our Bible studies alongside our Target splurges. It’s not wrong to appreciate beauty, to buy things, or want our homes to…

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And Limits Were Good, Very Good
Spiritual Growth

And Limits Were Good, Very Good

ByAshley Hales October 1, 2021September 29, 2021

One long weekend we took our children to Los Angeles, to the hills under the Hollywood sign, to Griffith Observatory. The air was clear, the observatory a stark white nestled in green hills. It felt iconic: the city that isn’t quite a city lay below us, but from high up we could make Los Angeles…

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Divine Spark on Wednesday
Literature

Divine Spark on Wednesday

ByAshley Hales December 1, 2017November 30, 2017

I do not buy those words, sacred and secular, They’ve rent the world in two.   They take the magic from how a speck of dust catches the light Or how the cadence of footfall is poetry. They make too much of church casseroles that do not feed the multitudes. Blind adult eyes Miss the…

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