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Plenty, and it Starts with Taking Racism Seriously The news has been dreadful for the past two weeks. (It’s been dreadful since the beginning of time, I know, but it’s finally overtaken our country’s consciousness in the last two weeks.). Our church had a time dedicated to prays this morning — anyone who was willing…

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Women are subordinate but not inferior. The weaker sex. Created equal in value while called to a role of lower (or no) authority. Evangelical Christians call these ideas about women (and men) “complementarianism” or the complementarian view of gender roles. We’ll talk about what this word means in a minute, but first a couple of notes. I’m an…

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It doesn’t take long to name recent well-known powerful people and their businesses for whom Christians have taken up. The owners of Chick-fil-A. Dave Ramsey. Sarah Palin. That one dude on Duck Dynasty. We call it “Culture Wars” and we take it so very seriously. How you ever stopped to ask why we do that?…

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The second hardest life lesson I’ve had to confront is asking for help. The hardest one has been actually accepting the help.  (Note: I haven’t mastered either one yet.) I’ve always been a capable person with the full calendar and resume to prove it. But ever since our oldest daughter was born with life-threatening complications, it was like having…

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“No regrets.” Sprayed across t-shirts, bumper stickers, and posters, these words were the 80s version of today’s YOLO (You Only Live Once) and Horace’s “carpe diem.” We have so many sayings like this, reminders that life is short, you can’t count on tomorrow, so don’t miss opportunities, that you’d think we all know exactly how to live…

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I am tired of being angry and aimless. Tired of destructive outrage. Tired of fighting against. I need to collect and focus all that angst towards building and advocating and being for. I need to remember what I want my voice to be for. What am I for? Read the rest on A Deeper Story 

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