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Seismic inequalities
Great investigation of how the world has shifted around us, pinching many in a vice grip of poverty and income inequality. This piece is about Millennials, but I see many of my Gen-X peers here too. What is different about us as individuals compared to previous generations is minor. What is different about the world…
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The Crisis of Public vs Private Discourse in the Social Media Age
The other day, driving home from rehearsal, I chuckled to myself at a thought that I would probably say to friends in my living room but would never post to a public forum. It involved a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall sitting next to an overly enthusiastic Christmas decorator who seems to take extra joy at…
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Great read on Christianity and gender roles
Many men’s ministries operate on fundamental assumptions that men are not only unable to understand emotions or relationships, but that they aren’t interested in theology or spiritual matters, either. We worry about the “feminization” of the Church and the decline in male church attendance and decide that we need a better marketing strategy to attract men. As a result,…
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The NFL’s Thanksgiving games are a spectacular display of America’s ‘God and country’ obsession – The Washington Post
You know you’ve entered a temple when disagreement is treated as sacrilege. The animosity directed toward NFL players kneeling at the anthem, protesting police brutality and structural racism, is the sort of acrimony we reserve for infidels…. This response to the kneeling controversy tells us something about the state of American civil religion and the…
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Perfect Skillet Nachos
I love making a particular type of pork roast that leaves me with a couple pounds of succulent pork for sandwiches, quesadillas, and eating straight. (Plus I make a batch of beef stew* in the pot once I remove the pork- it’s mind-blowingly good!) Making skillet nachos takes this way beyond “next level” to “the…
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