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2016-12-06T10:13:31-05:00

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The State of Texas: disabled children to stay disabled

Last updated on: December 6, 2016 at 10:13 am By Christy Thomas

This article is republished with permission from The Texas Tribune, a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them – about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas moving forward with budget cuts for disabled kids’ therapy services Authors: Elena Mejia Lutz and Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune, originally published Nov. 28, 2016 *Correction appended. More than a year after lawmakers originally ordered it, Texas announced in late November, 2016, it will enact significant cuts to the money that... Read more

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2017-01-10T15:48:41-05:00

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I am a dangerous woman: a fight against unbridled capitalism

Last updated on: January 10, 2017 at 3:48 pm By Christy Thomas

I want to be a dangerous woman. I made that decision after reading this opinion piece recently published in the New York Times. There, a philosophy professor, George Yancy of Emory University, speaks of having been placed on the Professor Watchlist. The Watchlist is the place where students apparently indoctrinated in uncritical conservative thought patterns warn other students who want their current ideologies to go unchallenged to avoid identified-as-dangerous faculty. Yancy decides to own it. Well, if it is dangerous... Read more

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2016-12-04T13:09:12-05:00

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The truth about the future of the United Methodist Church

Last updated on: December 4, 2016 at 1:09 pm By Christy Thomas

The truth about the future of the United Methodist Church? There is no future. It is as simple as that. There is no future. I have been putting off writing this post for six months now, but it is time. I attended the 2016 General Conference as part of the United Methodist Reporter journalistic team. I watched, I listened, I conversed with others, I asked questions, I wrote both news stories about the events and my own internal responses to them... Read more

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2016-12-02T11:45:24-05:00

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Ask the Thoughtful Pastor: What would Jesus do with Trump voters?

Last updated on: December 2, 2016 at 11:45 am By Christy Thomas

Dear Thoughtful Pastor: I’ve noticed a lot of “vote shaming” posts in social media lately aimed at Trump voters. This does not seem to be a loving response to individuals. HOWEVER, there are consequences to actions, and the fate of our country is a serious concern for many of us. What would Jesus Do? A woman walks up to Jesus and says, “What do I have to do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answers, “Love God with everything you’ve got and... Read more

2016-11-29T09:58:41-05:00

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We must resist the spread of WMSVD disease

Last updated on: November 29, 2016 at 9:58 am By Christy Thomas

As Trump Reminds Us, We’ve Had WMSVD Disease For Ages Reprinted with permission from AlterNet. A very long time ago, a Zika type virus escaped from the human laboratory. Like Zika it deforms the human brain. It assumes supremacy by human males over women and all other forms of life. Its most prominent manifestation is male monotheistic religion-the obligation that humans worship a lone male deity.… (more…) Read more

2024-09-10T11:26:48-05:00

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Evangelicals, Trump and the Apostle Paul

Last updated on: September 10, 2024 at 11:26 am By Christy Thomas

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I started reading Paul Behaving Badly: Was the Apostle a Racist, Chauvinist JERK? shortly after the Evangelicals elected as President of the US the unqualified, greedy, morally-compromised, power-hungry, sexually-predatory, non-stop liar, say-anything-to-anyone-to-get-votes including the wholesale embrace of a white supremacist platform, Donald Trump Read more

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2024-08-09T14:23:32-05:00

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Ask the Thoughtful Pastor: What about Christmas gifts?

Last updated on: August 9, 2024 at 2:23 pm By Christy Thomas

Christmas gifts: do they interfere with the real “reason for the season” of the Christ birth? Or do they just add to the joy? Dear Thoughtful Pastor: Why is your feeling about gift-giving at Christmas time? Have you found that your feelings toward gift giving at Christmas has changed over the years? In my younger, more black and white days, days of fervency for Jesus and accuracy of the message, I had real problems with the intermingling of the religious... Read more

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2024-08-09T14:08:00-05:00

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Ask the Thoughtful Pastor: Are unborn children without sin?

Last updated on: August 9, 2024 at 2:08 pm By Christy Thomas

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Are unborn children without sin? The answer to this question has a lot of implications for the many faceted abortion issue. Dear Thoughtful Pastor: Can you help me with the theological underpinnings of this? Do religious folks who object to abortion believe that unborn children are without sin? I thought Christians believed that all humans are conceived and born into sin. If not, why baptize infants? Wow–that’s a question I have not thought about before. And one worth asking. The... Read more

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2016-11-14T15:52:21-05:00

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The Rules Don’t Apply–to Howard Hughes . . . or other ugly billionaires

Last updated on: November 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm By Christy Thomas

The ugly, eccentric billionaire, his harem of nubile, young beauties, his ability to influence the world by making decisions without input from wise advisors, a tribe of sycophantic assistants whom he treats like slaves, the fantasy of the gorgeous, innocent female sexual aggressor, the slow corruption of moral principles by riches and comfort . . . while it sounds like current politics, it is actually a movie to be released November 23, 2016, Rules Don’t Apply. Rules Don’t Apply. No joke.... Read more

2016-11-20T17:07:39-05:00

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The election is now here: a live blog for this politically–mixed couple

Last updated on: November 20, 2016 at 5:07 pm By Christy Thomas

“Nobody really knows what the hell will happen with this election.” My “anyone but Hillary” husband and this “anyone but Donald” wife managed to have a civil and loving discussion about the election. I’m tentatively optimistic that Hillary will win. He sees possibilities for Donald. But his conclusion: “nobody really knows . . . ” On that, we agree. As we talked, I noticed again that we tend to draw opposite conclusions from what we read and observe. He thinks... Read more

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