DEI, Part 3 – Inclusion

We face it as children and as adults, those new situations where we don’t know anyone. In fact, it is considered one of the most stressful things retired people face…

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DEI, Part 2 – Equity

Equity is different from equality because it gives more to those who have less access. For example, an apple tree is higher on one side than the other, so the…

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Submission

I honestly don’t know why some things show up on my X feed. The other day, I got tagged on a video of a preacher explaining that female submission to…

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Spirit Sightings

I do not believe that God is in control, and I think the evidence is clear. I do not believe that our lives are laid out before we are born;…

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Racism (ad nauseum)

From those who see racists lurking around every corner to those who think we are over it, racism seems to be constantly on our minds and in the news. We…

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Original Sin

I wasn’t raised in a church that focused a lot on Original Sin; actually, there wasn’t a lot of talk about sin in general. We were a pretty middle-of-the-road church…

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Monetizing Religion

When I began in the ministry, I was told two lies. The first was that I shouldn’t change anything in the church, including worship, until I had been there a…

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