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Let’s talk about FOOD! (includes a giveaway)
I love to eat. I’m the kind of person who will make a scene at a restaurant, raving loudly about the to-die-for truffle sauce until everyone in the room has agreed to order the same meal for...
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Giveaway Winners + a picture of cheeseballs
I enjoyed reading all your comments about food yesterday! I found my head nodding and stomach growling as you shared your thoughts on hospitality, just eating, ice cream, and cheese snacks. (You people...
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Sexuality and the Christian Body, Part 2: “Grace & Election” (by Richard Beck)
A couple of week’s ago, I shared Part 1 of our friend Richard Beck’s thoughts on the book, Sexuality and the Christian Body by Eugene Rogers. Richard has graciously allowed me to share Part 2 (which...
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Ask Jennifer Knapp….
If you were anything like me, you spent many a weekday morning singing along to Jennifer Knapp’s “Faithful to Me,” “Hold Me Now,” and “A Little More” as you got ready for another day of high school....
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Christians and Humor: Thoughts on Making It Work
photo credit: Scott Gries (PictureGroup)“It is a test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.” – G.K. ChestertonMy favorite writer of all time is Mark Twain. The man was not only a brilliant...
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“God is pissed off and so am I”: Pastor Phil Jackson on Gun Violence
I ached as I stood over the casket preaching Marcus’s eulogy. I had known and worked with Marcus for 15 years before he was killed when four bullets found his body while stopping to buy diapers for his...
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A Cloth of Many Colors
I thought this was beautiful: “Out of the leftovers of the fabric of history, women will make a cloth of many colors. This cloth will force both church and society to notice the variety of ways there...
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Sunday Superlatives 4/28/13
IRL…I had a lovely time hanging out with the good people of Fairfax Community Church at The Blue Conference this weekend, including Kyle and Loretta Cooper who hosted a meal at their home. Before that,...
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On Mixed Orientation Marriages: Four Stories
Leigh Ann Taylor, Joe Cobb & Family (Read their story below) As we’ve been discussing homosexuality as part of our yearlong series on Sexuality & The Church, I’ve been surprised by how many...
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Ask Jennifer Knapp...(Response)
So Jennifer Knapp did an amazing job responding to your questions from last week! I am so excited for you to hear what she has to say. If you were anything like me, you spent many a weekday morning...
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Why Progressive Christians Should Care About Abortion
I knew what abortion was before I knew where babies came from. Growing up in the evangelical subculture of the 80s and 90s, I was well versed in the language of the pro-life cause, as familiar with Roe...
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Sunday Superlatives 5/5/13 (plus, I’ll see you in Nashville on Mother’s Day!)
IRL…Best Book Club: It’s such a rare pleasure to spend time chatting, eating, drinking, and laughing with readers who are working through one of my books together. But I did just that in Seattle last...
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A Letter to LGBT Student Groups (and Allies) at Christian Colleges
I don’t know much about what it’s like to be you, but I figure it can’t be easy. Many of you face discrimination and double standards. Others are forced to operate “underground.” It must be painful to...
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Elizabeth Smart, Human Trafficking, and Purity Culture
We’ve spoken in the past about the harmful effects of a shame-based purity culture that treats women (and men) who have had sex before marriage as “damaged goods.” Many of us who grew up in the Church...
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Ask a recovering alcoholic...(+ a book giveaway)
Our "Ask a..." series continues today with Heather Kopp, a Christian alcoholic in recovery. Heather is an author, editor, and blogger at HeatherKopp.com. She’s published more than two-dozen non-fiction...
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Seasons
When I first started asking questions about my faith, I was terrified. In my loneliness and fear, I tried desperately to drag the people I loved most along with me on my journey through doubt. I was in...
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"God does not 'love' us without liking us..."
From Dallas Willard:“We must understand that God does not 'love' us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as 'Christian' love is sometimes thought to do. Rather, out of the eternal freshness of...
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We built a well!
As you may remember, back in 2011, we held our Rally to Restore Unity—a little online celebration of Christian civility, complete with posters, photos, a synchroblog, guest posts, and a fundraiser for...
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Wise Words from Pastor Jonathan: A Review of ‘Prototype’
This is what I do to books I like. I like Jonathan Martin for a lot of reasons: he’s funny; he’s an excellent writer; he celebrates and affirms the equality of women and speaks highly of his wife; he’s...
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Saturday Superlatives 5/11/13
I’ll be busy tomorrow hanging out with the folks at GracePointe Church in Nashville, so superlatives are early this week. Around the Web…Funniest: “16 Reasons You Should Never Reenact Pinterest...
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