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Fear and Silence: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 2

  If you were a conservative Christian girl in the 90s, you probably know the phrase ‘screaming silver-blue eyes’.  The Christy Miller Series was almost mandatory reading for our little sub-culture generation.  And we tried to emulate this role model of holy femininity.  So when Christy journaled, we journaled, and when Christy wrote letters to…

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Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

  “Prosperity breeds amnesia.” You don’t need enough money to be ‘rich’ in order to be prosperous – just enough to pay the bills and then some.  Just enough to insulate you from the reality of life for the most. ‘Having enough’ as we think of it means you can pay to cover the miles…

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A Tender Thaw

  I’m guest posting for my friend Kelly today on coming alive and how painful it can be.  Here’s a little snippet (and also why I bawled through Frozen).   Be honest.  Be vulnerable.  It’s home group, small group, community group, so it’s safe here.  This is how you build strong friendships.  Real community, the…

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Choose Life

In the documentary Half the Sky, a girl rides her bike to school down a long country road. It is lined with trees, but no neighbors. She’s acutely aware she could be kidnapped from this road and sold.  She rides anyway. Her choice speaks life and her bravery speaks hope and possibility to the rest of us. Life is…

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