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2019-08-05T14:16:53-05:00

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What might it look like to re-imagine faith in a post-Christian society?

Last updated on: August 5, 2019 at 2:16 pm   By Joshua Lawson

Faith. In a post-Christian society. That’s the topic of the day. Hello, by the way. This is my personal introduction post. I’m only gonna do this once, so please listen up. My name is Josh, and I’m the pastor of a United Church of Christ congregation in southern Ohio. This is strange to me, because I used to be thoroughly convinced that institutional Christianity, including the modern pastoral office, was everything that is wrong with the Church. In some ways,... Read more

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