Church Culture
“Community” has been a church buzz-word for the last few years. It refers not to our neighborhoods (as in, “community service”), but to an ideal
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Spirituality
Last month, I learned about something called “Fermi’s Paradox” on a This American Life episode of the same name. Fermi’s Paradox, for the non-nerds,
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Spirituality
I have long thought that Christians ought to hold apparently contradictory attitudes toward suffering. In this post, I’ll say what these attitudes are and why
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Arts & Culture
Les Miserables is one of those “love it” or “hate it” musicals. People have very strong opinions about it either way. On one hand, it
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Spirituality
I am sure that you have all heard people say that all things work for good. You have probably also heard people say that God
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Bible
You’ve probably already heard a good sermon or two on the Easter story in the past few days. I hope you will welcome a little
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Church Culture
When I was a young girl in a traditional Southern Baptist Church, if you asked me what Easter was about, I would have told you
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Bible
Jesus tells the parable of the good Samaritan on his way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). In this post, I would like to articulate how this
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Bible
So far, my arguments for Christological Pacifism on TTC have made use of creedal statements about Jesus and general concepts like freedom in Christ. Sooner
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God: The Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
I confess that most of my religious-political life has been an entangled hot mess. Growing up in a conservative, Christian, affluent, middle-class family, allegiance to
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