Category: Religion and Spirituality
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Seeing the Pride flag displayed at a Christian church makes me very happy.
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I was raised by a deeply pentecostal Christian mother and stayed in that and the evangelical movement well into adulthood. Because of my early indoctrination Christianized celebrations like Christmas and Easter always lead me into some form of reflection of what Jesus means to me. These days I identify as agnostic, so my reflections are…
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What if that massive feeling I call “love” is, in fact, God?
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A couple of weeks ago someone expressed worry to me about details that were beneath (in my thoughts) the higher purpose we had gathered with others to fulfill. I smiled and called her “Martha” (not her real name), in reference to the Bible story where Jesus rebukes Martha for asking him to send her sister…
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Today on Facebook Randy Roberts Potts posted a thoughtful commentary on decent Christian ministers who struggle to reconcile their compassion for LGBT people and their belief that being LGBT is a sin to be resisted like any other. He says we ought to give such people breathing room, to not toss around words like “bigotry”…
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