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Vanessa Stricker

May 3, 20233 min read

Let the Wildflowers Remind You

I was walking down a familiar path, one that’s become a sacred space for me, a place where I often meet with God in the midst of my...

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Vanessa Stricker

Apr 5, 20232 min read

Redemption

It's Holy Week. As we finished up our Lent series at One Life City Church, I had the opportunity to preach about redemption. This felt...

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Vanessa Stricker

Feb 25, 20231 min read

The Key

Artwork by Katsuhisa Toda, "Morning Gift" I often find myself looking for the key To unlock the great mysteries in my mind I want to know...

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Love to the End: An Excerpt from Lent Reflections

Vanessa Stricker

Feb 22, 20233 min read

Love to the End: An Excerpt from Lent Reflections

Today is the first day of Lent, the liturgical season in which we remember the life and death of Jesus in order to prepare our hearts to...

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Vanessa Stricker

Jan 30, 20232 min read

Interview with CanvasRebel

I was recently interviewed by CanvasRebel, an online magazine that seeks to promote creatives and small business owners and create space...

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Hope: An Excerpt from Advent Reflections

Vanessa Stricker

Nov 28, 20222 min read

Hope: An Excerpt from Advent Reflections

HOPE. I wonder what that word brings to mind for you. Sometimes we might think of hope as seeing the world with rose-colored glasses or...

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Vanessa Stricker

Oct 12, 20221 min read

Where I'm From

I am from the Saguaro cacti and tumbleweeds The trees full of buzzing cicadas on hot, summer nights I am from dial-up internet From Neil...

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Vanessa Stricker

Aug 21, 20221 min read

Seasons

Seasons come And seasons go One fades into the next Without our consent And without our awareness Until we look around And everything has...

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Vanessa Stricker

Jul 7, 20222 min read

A Legacy of Healing or Harm?

Religion can cause great harm, but religion can also heal. This is the tension that people of faith must hold. My time in Northern...

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Vanessa Stricker

Jun 30, 20223 min read

Peace Walls

They call it a Peace Wall – this barrier that separates the Unionist/Loyalist/Protestant part of West Belfast from the...

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Let the Wildflowers Remind You

Redemption

The Key

Love to the End: An Excerpt from Lent Reflections

Interview with CanvasRebel

Hope: An Excerpt from Advent Reflections

Where I'm From

Seasons

A Legacy of Healing or Harm?

Peace Walls

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