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While It Was Still Dark: A Requiem for Rachel Held Evans

Nadia Bolz-Weber
June 3, 2019
Church Life, General, Theology, Women
Mary Magdalene’s life, Rachel’s life, your lives — we are all fodder for God’s really really long memoir of how God loves humans.

For Black Women at Church, It’s More Than the Aretha Eulogy

Corey Williams
September 10, 2018
Church Life, General, Theology, Women
Williams’ eulogy reopened wounds and sternly reminded them that black churches remain male-dominated institutions.

The Power of Showing Up

Kimberly Knowle-Zeller
March 18, 2018
Family and Parenting, General, LGBTQ+, Politics, Race
But underneath all the labeling and naming and putting into groups are people. People with lives and loves and jobs to do. People with hopes and dreams.

On Mormons, Modesty, & Missing the Point of the #MeToo Movement

Jana Riess
January 10, 2018
General, Practical Justice, Theology
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These were not “stunning, modest dresses from the red carpet.” They were intentionally somber dresses that were selected to make a point .

Funeral Grace

Morf Morford
April 11, 2013
Family and Parenting, General
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BY: MORF MORFORD -- Not long ago I attended a funeral for a sixteen year old boy. He was a student at the school where my wife is a teacher...

Safety or Vulnerability? …and Strippers

Kerry Dixon
January 16, 2011
Church Life, General
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Several years ago a man who lived nearby lost his son in a tragic car crash. Although he wasn’t a Christian he approached me, as the local minister, to take his son’s funeral. In the process of helping plan ...
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