The Only Manna We Keep: A Christmas Reflection on Keeping By Releasing

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #8

Dec 19 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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Ontological Foundations: Incarnation, Participation, and Gift

A Theological-Philosophical Appendix to "The Only Manna We Keep"

Dec 19 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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The Gift of Pride—A Theology of Contributing

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #7

Dec 5 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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November 2025

Jazz, Shame, and Being With: A Reader's Guide

A 20-essay series tracing shame and pride from neurobiology through theology to political formation—and the incarnational alternative

Nov 21 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

When Pride Breaks: The Asymmetry Between Shame's Firmware and Pride's Software

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #6

Nov 21 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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Be the Gift: How Performance Became My First Religion

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #5

Nov 14 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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The Gift of Shame: A Theology of Receiving

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #4

Nov 7 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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October 2025

One World, One Word: A Theology of Knowing Together

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #3

Oct 31 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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The Factories We Can't Stop: A Theology of Waiting

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #2

Oct 24 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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The Music Already Playing

Jazz, Shame, and Being With — Essay #1

Oct 17 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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July 2025

When Hawks Descend: Finding Love's Secure Base Amid Life's Brutality

How attachment theory and Psalm 52 reveal the path from fear-based politics to secure love

Jul 22 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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On Watching the Mob Ascend

Had an incredible spiritual high and a much needed grounding in the earth yesterday In Cathedral Grove at Muir Woods.

Jul 9 • Craig Geevarghese-Uffman

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