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On Faithfulness (A Brain Dump)
I’m still not over the World Vision thing. I’m not over 10,000 children losing their sponsorships in a protest against gay marriage. Not even close. When news of World Vision’s decision to reverse...
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Ask a pastor’s wife and a pastor’s husband…
Our “Ask a…” series is back! And today we return with an installment I’ve been looking forward to for some time: Ask a pastor's wife and a pastor's husband. The image of the pastor’s wife has long been...
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Stoic Doesn't Mean Spirit-Less (by Michelle DeRusha)
Today's post comes to us from the talented and delightful Michelle DeRusha, who is a longtime participant in our little online community. A Massachusetts native, Michelle moved to Nebraska in 2001,...
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“What My Mother Taught Me…” with Shauna Niequist
This presentation from Shauna Niequist at Q Nashville is absolutely fantastic—one of the best reflections on mutuality in marriage and calling I’ve seen in years, and a lovely tribute to Shauna’s...
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Sunday Superlatives 5/11/14
Somewhere in Colorado, circa 1983IRL…Best Mom in the Whole World: Robin Held, who made every day of my childhood an educational adventure, who taught me to ask questions, laugh easily, and love words,...
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3 Things You Might Not Know About Proverbs 31
It never fails. Every year, on the Monday after Mother’s Day I receive a flood of messages from women who spent yesterday morning grimacing through yet another Proverbs 31 sermon.The pastors usually...
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It’s Not About Conforming to the World
“These so-called ‘progressive evangelicals’ believe the Church must conform to the world or die. They tell us millennials will leave if we don’t get with the program and imitate the culture when it...
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Join me, Matthew Vines, Tony Jones & Jay Bakker for lunch today
We’ll be discussing Matthew’s excellent book, God and the Gay Christian, today (May 14) at 12 p.m. EST at Patheos. We plan to interact with participants as well, so come with your questions and ideas....
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Announcement: Blogging the Lectionary
So last fall, I was asked to speak on a Sunday morning at an Episcopal church in Louisville, Kentucky. And like most Episcopal churches, this one joined hundreds of thousands of Protestant churches...
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From the Lectionary: God Under Our Noses
I'm blogging with the lectionary this year, and this week's Gospel reading comes from John 14:1-14:“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has...
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Never Pray Again? - a guest post from Aric Clark
So a few years ago, my friends Aric Clark, Doug Hagler, and Nick Larson of Two Friars and a Fool told me about a book they were writing together called Never Pray Again. I admit I was a little...
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Is God a man? (a brief response to CBMW’s accusation of heresy)
"You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an...
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Sunday Superlatives 5/18/14
Online… Coolest:Alex Chacon with “Around the World in 360° Degrees - 3 Year Epic Selfie”Bravest: Michael Gungor with “Lucette” “So I took out my phone and googled Psalm 139. I placed my hand on Lisa’s...
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What is heresy? (an interview with Justin Holcomb)
Heretics are everywhere! Or at least that’s what you would guess from reading the internet these days. Just last week I was accused of heresy by Owen Strachan of the Council on Biblical Manhood and...
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Ask a pastor’s wife and a pastor’s husband…(response & invitation)
You submitted hundreds of fantastic questions for the latest installment of our “Ask…” series— Ask a Pastor’s Wife and a Pastor’s Husband. It was also really cool to hear from those of you who are...
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From the Lectionary: “I will not leave you as orphans…”
Sufjan Stevens, "For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti"I'm blogging with the lectionary this year, and this week's Gospel reading comes from John 14:15-21: “If you love me, keep...
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Facebook sabotage?
So I checked Twitter before going to bed last night (never a good idea!) and was surprised to see this tweet from Owen Strachan of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: “It's one thing to...
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Sunday Superlatives 5/25/2014
Note: Sorry I haven’t been taking nominations recently. You always have so many good ones, it takes forever to read through them! I’ll get back to that once I finish writing this book and have a bit...
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#YesAllWomen: I Will Not Be Silent Anymore by Teresa K. Pecinovsky
This weekend, the hashtag #YesAllWomen was used more than 1 million times as women across the world shared their experiences with misogyny, rape, harassment, and fear of sexual assault as an act of...
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Why it’s so hard to talk about privilege (and how I’m checking my own)
(Note: Look for my reflection on the lectionary tomorrow. Ascension week is hard; I’m struggling with this one!)It’s hard to talk about privilege because it’s human nature to focus on the ways in which...
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