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The Disrupter-in-Chief threw a verbal grenade into a Rose Garden event with Mitch McConnell by...
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God Doesn’t Need Our Protection
Human beings never behave so badly as when they believe they are protecting God. Barbara Brown...
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Every fall I spend a week with over one hundred freshman exploring the familiar but...
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My Ignorance is Just as Good as Your Knowledge
In early 1980, Isaac Asimov wrote something in a Newsweek article that has been making the rounds...
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Tired of Hating People: Thoughts on the Anniversary of 9/11
One year ago I posted the essay below on the fifteenth anniversary of 9 Never...
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Are You More Christian Than I Am?
If we remembered that water takes its color from the vessel containing it, we would...
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There is a big difference between "Christendom" (an institution) and "Christianity" (a way of life)--it...
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Reza Aslan is a Muslim; I am a Christian. But we share something fundamentally important...
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June 12, 2017
Anne Lamott defines laughter as Carbonated Holiness. These days, we could use a lot more...
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A Message to the Graduates: How to be Good
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May 01, 2017
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April 16, 2017
The Apostle Paul wrote that "now abide faith, hope, and love . . ." Easter...
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You Are Free, Therefore Choose
Each of us can point to a time (or several times) in our past when...
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