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Read more about the article In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer
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In the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision, The Lord’s Prayer

  • Post published:June 25, 2022
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How can we respond with compassion, justice, and love in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade? Is this ruling cause for celebration or for…

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The Ambiguities of Abortion

  • Post published:June 3, 2022
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Quick Links: There’s a Better Way to Debate Abortion by Peter Wehner | THE ATLANTIC How the End of Roe Would Change Prenatal Care by Sarah Zhang | THE ATLANTIC…

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Read more about the article How Can We Respond to All the Injustice and Suffering?
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How Can We Respond to All the Injustice and Suffering?

  • Post published:May 30, 2022
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Recent news has been filled with brutality and evil. War in Ukraine. Shooting upon shooting upon shooting. And a report by the Southern Baptist Convention that details abuse upon abuse…

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Read more about the article Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?
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Another School Shooting: Is There Light in the Darkness?

  • Post published:May 25, 2022
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Strength to Love I went…

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Abortion and People With Disabilities

  • Post published:May 9, 2022
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Last week’s leak of a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has people talking (yelling?) about abortion all over again. I wrote last week…

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Roe v. Wade: Questions to Ask About the Supreme Court’s Draft

  • Post published:May 4, 2022
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I find myself conflicted when it comes to the politics of abortion and Roe v. Wade. I’m like most Americans—I know I disagree with the extremes of both the pro-life…

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Ted Cruz and KBJ and MLK and Colorblindness

  • Post published:March 25, 2022
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Ted Cruz interrogated Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson earlier this week, and before he did so he called upon Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream" speech. Cruz referenced…

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Love in a Time of Fear

  • Post published:March 4, 2022
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We are living in a time of fear.  In the past few years alone, we’ve felt the fear of Covid and political division. And in just the past few days,…

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For Those of Us Who Feel Politically Homeless

  • Post published:February 15, 2022
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Jesus wasn’t a Democrat or a Republican. Jesus wasn’t a liberal or a conservative, which is good news for those of us who feel politically homeless. Jesus was a radical…

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A Few Things I Learned From Writing About Prenatal Testing

  • Post published:February 3, 2022
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24 hours after my essay for the New York Times came out online, I learned it was also in the print edition! So that was exciting.  But I also learned…

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