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Don’t ask me if you can marry my daughter.
My husband never asked my father’s permission to marry me. We also didn’t ask for his blessing. Not only that, I have a feeling if Kent would have asked him he would have said it wasn’t his decision to...
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World Vision vs Hobby Lobby
Today in court Hobby Lobby is asserting that because certain owners of the company are Christians, the for profit business is also “Christian” and should be allowed to forego supplying coverage...
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You’re Damn Right I Believe in Another Gospel.
Since beginning this blog, I have had several Evangelical friends accuse me of believing “another gospel”. At first, I bristled at their accusations. But here today, I would like to say to them all,...
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Really Joel?
I saw this in my news feed on the Facebook this morning. It was posted by a lovely and well meaning friend. I am confident it was meant as encouragement for her friends who were experiencing tough...
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Doing it all for others (at least some of the time) & the #genuinequotient...
Yesterday a friend of mine posted a video of Victoria Osteen on Facebook. In it she said, “When you worship (and obey) God, we’re not doing it for God, we’re doing it for ourself, because that’s what...
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What’s love got to do (got to do) with it?
There is lots of talk about loving your neighbor going around. There are a lot of thoughts about loving your enemy. There are questions about how we can love members of ISIS, megachurch pastors and...
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Beauty, Ugliness & the Meaning of Life
I began writing this post once already and the Internet ate it. For a few minutes I was quite upset as I really liked the direction the post was taking. But now that the mourning period has ended, I...
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Rape Culture, High School Boosters, Church Fathers, and You
Did you hear the one about the high school booster club (a group made up of parents mind you) that printed up a bunch of rapey t-shirts to amp up school spirit (and the football team)? No? Well, it...
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Words in Red (that Jesus said) – a poem
Did you really say what they say you said? All those words I read in red? How much of them are propaganda, Meant to fit some neat agenda? Should I believe everything I read? Every jot and tittle– Every...
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It has all just been too much.
I have not posted for awhile. Here is why. It has all just been too much. Brock Turner The Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting Alton Sterling Philando Castile The 5 Police Officers gunned down in Dallas The...
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