Lying in Church

Rahab by Felice Tafuri

Full disclosure – I have never been a fan of Vacation Bible School. I love the interactive nature and the creativity, but I have found that, too often, they drastically…

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Not Forgetting

An art depicting a butterfly on a barbed wire fence

I have written in the past about the schools I attended growing up. The district was considered one of the most rigorous in New York, if not the country, and…

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Self-Righteous Protest

An art depicting Self-Righteous Protest

I used to love professional baseball. When we lived in Cincinnati, we used to go to games a lot (I took my son to opening day when he was 9-months…

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I Know God & You Don’t

Art by Keith Kristich

It was another one of those tedious conversations; well, we weren’t really conversing; we were talking and only one of us was listening. The other guy is a member of…

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Unequal Justice

The Beast of Misogyny by Rick Sealock

Yesterday I wrote about misogyny and the online influencer and recently arrested Andrew Tate. Since then, I heard a report on NPR about the incredible distances some women have to…

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Misogyny

Editorial cartoon featuring Wonder Woman and Cat Woman

I often listen to the BBC when I am driving, and yesterday they reported on a man named Andrew Tate. I had never heard of him, and I am glad…

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Religious and Secular

On not leaning in, but not leaning out by Brianne Derosa

I live my life in a very God-centered world; my vocation makes that obvious, of course, so you might be thinking, “So what?” I am one of those lucky people…

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Why Juneteenth Matters

A Map of the US That Shows Free States, Slave States, and Undecided Ones

It was maybe ten years ago that I first heard the word. At first, I thought it was one of the cutesy things people say, mashing two words together to…

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Sheep and Goats

At some point in our history, Christianity became about us versus them. We know what’s right and they are going to hell unless they repent. We say the magic words…

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