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2017-04-19T10:00:20-04:00

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Mary Magdalene – Preacher or Prostitute?

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 10:00 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Both the prostitute legend and the wife theory reduce Mary to her sexuality. And so, it is especially important that we emphasize her genuine role as a disciple during Jesus' ministry and the life of the church. Read more

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2017-04-13T21:49:38-04:00

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this is not the God of vengeance

Last updated on: April 13, 2017 at 9:49 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

His disciples must really not have been paying attention to half his teachings, if they really expected him to lay waste to the Roman Empire. Read more

2017-04-10T23:44:21-04:00

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Jesus was not an alpha

Last updated on: April 10, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

unless you want to define and redefine and twist the concept until it has no consistent designation, the idea of the alpha male has no place in the Christian ethos. Read more

2017-04-05T23:17:34-04:00

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my family did the benedict option before it was cool – and here’s why it doesn’t work

Last updated on: April 5, 2017 at 11:17 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

And there’s something touchingly tragic about it: because on a fundamental level, one can see the appeal of the idea, and many of those who attempted it did so with the noblest of intentions. Read more

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2017-04-04T16:28:48-04:00

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don’t like all the negativity in the blogosphere? there’s a cure for that

Last updated on: April 4, 2017 at 4:28 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Why aren’t you talking about the lives of the Metaphysical Poets, or the Catacombs of France, or earthworm sex (they’re hermaphrodites, in case you were wondering. Many organisms are). Read more

2017-04-01T13:17:27-04:00

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all hail the tricksters

Last updated on: April 1, 2017 at 1:17 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

There's a reason why comedians get a kick out of mocking Nazis. Nazis just can't take it. Read more

2017-03-31T16:05:41-04:00

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on the mike pence dining option, and why feminists are expressing criticism

Last updated on: March 31, 2017 at 4:05 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

In the flurry of debate arising about Mike Pence’s rules for association with women other than his wife, a few interesting topics have emerged that have nothing to do with the Pences or politics or their marriage. Media bias may be an issue in the backlash against Pence, yes, but for many of us who have expressed concerns, it’s not about Pence per se. True, his rules are not my rules, and if someone told me I needed to adopt... Read more

2017-03-27T14:35:52-04:00

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female beauty, religion, and fetishism

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 2:35 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Female beauty is seen as some kind of proof of divine goodness, as a symbol of purity and righteousness, as having spiritual significance - but, of course, at the same time, it is also depicted as potentially dangerous. Read more

2018-02-13T00:22:34-04:00

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The Ever-Moving Goalpost of Eliminating Abortion Supply

Last updated on: February 13, 2018 at 12:22 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

What is emerging is a right-wing narrative that favors eugenics, nativism, social Darwinism, and white supremacy, while remaining relatively indifferent to the plight of the unborn Read more

2017-03-18T22:37:30-04:00

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the feast of st. patrick, potato famine, and the consequences of injustice

Last updated on: March 18, 2017 at 10:37 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

So if indigenous slaves hadn't been forced to harvest bat poo in Peru, and if greedy capitalists hadn't placed profit over common good and justice in Ireland, you wouldn't be drinking your green beer in America in 2017. Read more

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