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Dear Outlook readers,

Today, I pray that you are able to see the Spirit at work all around you — in community, in creation, in the work of the church. Know that God goes with you into all the unknowns of this time and Christ's grace covers you.

In Christ,

Rose Schrott Taylor
Outlook digital content editor

Mountain biking as a spiritual practice by Anna Kendig Flores

Free hymn in support of asylum seekers by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

A prayer for 2022 and 2023 by Allysen Schaaf

Transgender PC(USA) minister Remington Johnson and her ministry of visibility and presence by Leslie Scanlon

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Theological education: God’s work in the world and our response
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Parable of the school board president and the pastor
Andrew Taylor-Troutman shares a lesson he learned from a local school board president.

In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies
Emery J. Cummins reviews Dianna E. Anderson's latest book.

Bible podcasts help Christians resolving to read the old, old story in the new year
While yearlong plans taking readers from Genesis to Revelation have been around for years, podcasts have more recently become a popular way for listeners to keep up with or better understand a daily Bible reading plan. — RNS

How the battle over Christian nationalism often starts with homeschooling
Some of the most popular homeschool curriculum textbooks teach that the first Europeans to arrive in Virginia and Massachusetts made a covenant with God to Christianize the land. — RNS

The hard work of hope
"But hope is not a wish. ... Hope is trusting that no matter what pains or tragedies befall us, no matter what darkness envelopes us, no matter what grief we live with, that God is still here." — Eliza C. Jaremko

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