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Leading and following
I appreciate the people who, as leaders or directors or administrators, must confront hard decisions and the discomfort they cause. It is the burden of leadership to pick up the awkwardness of change or hardship and clear a path for the people under their care. Today, it’s cool & hip to distrust anyone in authority.…
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Questions, Doubt, and Faith: Reading Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans
Held Evans is a bit of a controversy in Evangelicalism these days. She’s on Christian-world radar because of her posts that challenge commonly held opinions about gender roles in the church, Christian responses to homosexuality, the creation-evolution debates, and universalism. I’m pretty sure I could go type her name into my status Facebook status bar right now…
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Gender, Church, and More Questions
10 Ways Male Privilege Shows Up in the Church | The Junia ProjectThe Junia Project. ^ I appreciated this post because it sets in front of us a difficult question regarding male-female roles in the conservative Church. I fully understand why leadership positions are reserved for men in most Evangelical churches. It’s a long discussion,…
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The Uncomfortable Calculus of Deciding Whether to take a Sick Day
Inspired by real events. 11:13pm: Man, I feel pretty lousy. I thought I’d be over this by now. Wonder if I should take a sick day tomorrow? 11:14pm: Nah, that’s probably not a good idea. We’re already a week behind on project #1, projects 2 and 3 are on my to-do list for Monday,…
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Gallery of Pics from NY Trip
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