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Faith to Mine Mountains
Mountaintop removal/valley fill coal mining in southern West Virginia in May 2003, Photo by Vivian Stockman, May 30, 2003 If you believe God has a plan for everything, that’s fine. Just please, please,...
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Life: It’s Only a Game
The Curse of the Bambino is Broken To play any sport well, you must want to win. At a minimum, you must care about playing well. But even the most competitive, dedicated athletes lose from time to...
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It’s All My Fault
This post goes out to anyone who has ever said, ”It’s all my fault” … when, really, it’s not. Maybe you have a child with a so-called birth defect. Maybe you were mugged. Maybe your child was in a car...
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Umbrella of Protection?
At first he merely offered a hand to help us in or out of the van, and laid his other hand on our backs as we entered or exited. Then he would hold open a door and touch each of our backs as we walked...
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Why I Left Evangelical Christianity, Part 1: The Wake-Up Call
A few months ago, I told the story of my becoming a Christian. Today, I’ll begin the story of my departure. If you know any home-schooling, church-going, large families who earnestly seek God in all...
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Why I Left Evangelical Christianity, Part 6: The God of the Bible
The image of God I received during my 40 years in evangelical churches was overwhelmingly positive. The central message was, “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, so that whoever...
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What If Everyone Will Go to Heaven?
At the philosophy gathering I attended on Friday, one person told of a Quaker pastor she knows who preaches that everyone will go to heaven. We had an interesting discussion around the question, If...
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Of Morality and Horology
Kylan Arianna Wenzel, Transgender Miss California Competitor One of my daughter’s good friends recently came out as … well, I’m not sure what the word is. S/he was born male but feels like a lesbian....
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