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Rhode Island: The Canary in the Mine of the American Church?
So, here’s a question the unchurched public must ask themselves: “Can the church of Jesus Christ walk and chew gum at the same time?” I imagine that’s the discussion around Rhode Island dinner tables lately as those who represent the church take stands on whether or not Christians should concern themselves with issues such as …[ read more ]
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Monks, Saints, and Birds Falling from the Sky
As a little Baptist girl, I did not associate with monks, nuns or saints. “Jesus, only Jesus” was my creed (still is!) and I looked with nervous suspicion on icons, religious statues and stories about humans performing miracles. So fearful were we Protestants that we might accidentally worship Mary that we barely acknowledged her at all. …[ read more ]