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The Iniquity of Inequity, Part 4 – Rights
Rights matter. Every child is supposed to have been taught about the Bill of Rights, and our entire understanding of self-governance and individuality is supported by the foundational documents we…
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Once I grew up and got over my immature misunderstandings about sexuality and gender, I began to see how wrong our rules were about things like marriage. I was raised…
Read MoreThe Iniquity of Inequity, Part 2 – The Poor Part of Town
Poverty is a disease, and those who live in poverty are usually blamed for their conditions. While it is true that some people cause their own poverty through bad investments,…
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When we moved to this part of Pennsylvania, our son was one year old. As we prepared to find a community to live in, we researched the schools, looking at…
Read MoreTrying to Follow Jesus
I think that it has always been easy to be a Christian in America, but I also think it has always been hard to be a follower of Jesus in…
Read MoreBlaming the Victim
For most of my life I have heard women’s stories about how they have been abused by men. Every single one of them who was willing to talk about it…
Read MoreSpiritual Grownups
Jesus used nature a lot when describing what faithful living was supposed to be like. He told a story about a man who owned property that had a tree that…
Read MoreTransform, Not Conform
I seem to be stuck in Romans 12 this week; bear with me – this is some of the Apostle Paul’s best work. The chapter starts by telling the reader…
Read MoreOvercome Evil With Good
Yesterday, I wrote about love being genuine. This is part of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, and in that chapter (12), there is a long laundry list of expectations of…
Read MoreLet Love Be Genuine
The Apostle Paul was a very devout, smart man, and I love much of what he wrote to the churches he was starting and overseeing – and there are also…
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