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2012-01-24T12:17:48-05:00

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Mormons, Polygamy, and Secrecy

Last updated on: January 24, 2012 at 12:17 pm By Christy Thomas

Yesterday, when I visited the blog “Ask Mormon Girl” and made a comment on her post about the need to talk about polygamy, I also received by email all the comments following mine. They were many, and ranged from heartbreaking to hurt and angry to condemning. Many Mormon women posted about their agony over the fact that they had indeed been taught that a polygamous marriage was a necessity in what they call the “Celestial Kingdom.” When some responded with... Read more

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2012-01-23T14:41:29-05:00

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Mormons Argue

Last updated on: January 23, 2012 at 2:41 pm By Christy Thomas

I heard about a blog called “Ask Mormon Girl” last fall, and have periodically taken a look at it. I find Mormonism challenging–I do not actually think it can be called classically Christian, although it certain has elements that overlap with historic Christianity. I was speaking once with a Mormon woman who confided in me that she was so looking forward to the Celestial Kingdom where she was would be the first wife among at least two others, as her... Read more

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2012-01-19T14:11:06-05:00

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Newt and Marriage

Last updated on: January 19, 2012 at 2:11 pm By Christy Thomas

Well, nothing like a statement from a former wife to throw a monkey wrench into Newt’s life and campaign. Several hours ago, this story with accompanying video were posted on the New York Times website: “Former Gingrich Wife Says He Asked for ‘Open Marriage’” When this presidential candidate was married to wife number two, he was already carrying on an affair with the woman who would be wife number three. Newt asked number two to approve an open marriage, so... Read more

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2012-01-17T13:22:30-05:00

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Education, Yesterday and Today

Last updated on: January 17, 2012 at 1:22 pm By Christy Thomas

I’ve seen this before, but it is making the rounds of the internet again. It is a copy of the questions on the 8th grade exam given in Kentucky in 1912. The questions are hard, and much is way beyond what is taught to our 8th graders today. The kind of math is also extremely practical for a farming, rural community. If they were to function in the world, young adults needed to know these things. As for grammar and... Read more

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2012-01-17T12:39:02-05:00

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On Poetry and Papyrus

Last updated on: January 17, 2012 at 12:39 pm By Christy Thomas

Do they never read poetry? I often ask this question when I see people picking apart poetic passages in the Bible as though these were doctoral dissertations with extensive documentation, rigid logic, and grammatical precision. Poetry reads differently. Its verbal images are meant to invoke great truths, open new worlds and connect with the hearts of its receivers. Poetry, especially biblical poetry, is intended to be read aloud to a community. The hearers use collective wisdom to understand the truths... Read more

2012-01-10T10:12:18-05:00

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The Wading Pool

Last updated on: January 10, 2012 at 10:12 am By Christy Thomas

My parents, both born and bred in Indiana, uprooted their family and moved us all to Texas when my siblings and I were 10, 7 and 6. The first thing my mother did after our move was enroll us in swimming lessons. She knew that the hotter weather here meant that water activities were a big part of summer vacations. She herself never learned to swim, and was personally terrified of water any deeper than that of a wading pool.... Read more

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2012-01-02T13:45:06-05:00

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The “Do-Over”

Last updated on: January 2, 2012 at 1:45 pm By Christy Thomas

I was recently reading some material about learning to face the things that scare us the most while being reminded again of how difficult real life-change is. We stay stuck in destructive habits and relationships, soul-draining jobs, and unhealthy bodies. We live enlarging our separation from the Holy One because facing the pain of change so frightens us that we choose to stay stuck. The author of the work I was reading also suggested strongly that unless we are scarred... Read more

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2011-12-30T12:14:31-05:00

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The Container, Sock and Pen Mystery

Last updated on: December 30, 2011 at 12:14 pm By Christy Thomas

I like to start the new calendar year with my life in order. I like to, but it has never happened yet. However, this year, with the indefatigable help of my good friend, Vicki, I did a two day cleaning frenzy of my church office. Yes, folks, the skyscraper piles of dust, the cobwebs hanging from the ceiling, the disordered bookcases and desk top are now, momentarily at least, a thing of the past. This morning, after a leisurely breakfast... Read more

2011-12-29T12:20:39-05:00

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Pain, Pain and More Pain

Last updated on: December 29, 2011 at 12:20 pm By Christy Thomas

I noticed in the newspaper yesterday an article about a strong new painkiller that is being developed. The worry is that its availability will also bring even more drug abuse. The question that hit me is this: “Why are we in so much pain?” What it is about our lives that drives the need for continual development and misuse of pain relief meds? I am not talking here about the legitimate use of such things–there are diseases and accidents that... Read more

2011-12-28T10:42:35-05:00

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Peggy Railey and the Pastoral Life

Last updated on: December 28, 2011 at 10:42 am By Christy Thomas

Peggy Railey finally died yesterday. Twenty-five years in a vegetative coma, left there after an attack by what all assumed but was never proved to be her husband, Walker Railey, then the highly popular pastor of First United Methodist Church, Dallas. Twenty five years of agony for her family, twenty-five years of low moans, what looked like agonizing pleas for help coming from her eyes, and no other communication. Thanks be to God, she has now passed into glory. It... Read more

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