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Coming Out of the Theological Closet

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I’m told that coming out of the closet involves risk on the part of someone who identifies with the LGBTIQ community.  How will my family and friends respond?  Will I be labeled as an outsider? When people choo...
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Jesus the Breadmaker

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“Look daddy, ” my two-year-old daughter said on Sunday, pointing to the communion table, “Jesus gave us more food again.” I don’t write nearly as much about little Zoe as I do about my boy, Mattias. First o...
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What's Wrong With America?

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In the last few weeks we have witnessed for the first time in our history the down grading of America’s credit rating. Because of partisan feuding, and an effort by Republicans to undermine President Obama’s c...
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Jesus, Bombs, and Ice Cream

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$(document).ready(function() { $('body').append($('#thumbDiv')); $('body').append($('#bigDiv')); }); I was in Baghdad in March 2003, where I lived as a Christian and as a peacemaker during the “shock-and-awe”...
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"Women Should Remain Silent"?

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$(document).ready(function() { $('body').append($('#thumbDiv')); $('body').append($('#bigDiv')); }); Many of us were raised in churches that taught that women should be silent in the church because of the teac...