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How Many Lights Do You See – Four or Five? (the scandal of certainty in uncertain times)
Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 3 Comments

A simple phrase at the start of Luke’s gospel sucker-punched the solar plexus of my soul. Luke is the logical gospel for the season, so I dove in...
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How Not to Live like a Twitchy Rodent
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 4 Comments

We live like twitchy rodents raised in a labyrinthine minefield, constantly fearful of setting off a social or cultural IED. A reader emailed me a ...
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The Only Way to Make Sense of Women
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 4 Comments

There’s only one way to make sense of women. I should know. I’m a woman. XX chromosome credentialed. Bona fide by birth. Not a boast, just biol...
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When Your Faith is a Punchline – Nevermind
Friday, November 13th, 2015 Start the Conversation

I don’t like being laughed at, do you? It's one of our greatest fears and dislikes, to be the object of ridicule and mockery. It puts us back on ...
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What if the Road to Redemption Passes through Hollywood
Friday, March 8th, 2013 Start the Conversation

I don't know about you but I worry about people who haven't heard the truth of Jesus Christ presented well. But recently I've come to se...
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