Mia Crosthwaite, Author at Treasure Valley Prays

Becoming Truth-Tellers

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Post published:August 11, 2021
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“What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.” Ephesians 4:25Taking in the extravagant love of Christ changes us. God loves every single person extravagantly, profoundly. But there is something important that happens as we take in that love, as we accept that love. We become transformed by that love, and…

A Commitment that Cherishes

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Post published:May 16, 2021
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About twenty five years ago I joined a group of people who would eventually start Corpus Christi House, a day shelter for the homeless in Boise. We studied the writings of Dorothy Day and examined the Catholic Worker movement she started, a faith-based but not religious movement (catholic meaning universal). We wondered together what a Boise House of Hospitality could look like.In those early years we spent a lot of time discussing what love is. Love is a word that seems perfectly clear…