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  • I’m glad my Mom died.

    Not going to be turned into a film starring Jennifer Aniston.

    July 6, 2025
  • Evangelicals, are ya’ll okay?

    “Star spangled sacrilege”

    April 26, 2024
  • Lent 2021, Day 19: This is what religion without religion looks like.

    “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”

    ― Blaise Pascal

    March 10, 2021
  • Lent 2021, Day 14: White light and the visible present.

    Sigh. The sad state of American Evangelical Christianity today, and how it got here.

    March 4, 2021
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    The Preachers: Jerry Falwell, Sr.: Part 2

    President Ronald Reagan and Reverend Falwell. (Image Source)   When last we left off on Falwell, it was the mid-60’s, his Thomas Road Baptist Church was growing, and he was staunchly against…

    December 29, 2018
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    The Preachers: Jerry Falwell, Sr.: When Religion & Politics Mix.

    Jerry Falwell, Sr. (Image Source) Ever since Donald Trump’s run for president began over three years ago, there has been a whole lot of talk about the “Evangelical Vote,” “White Evangelical Christians,”…

    October 17, 2018
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    Some Sunday Stuff: June 25th

    From left to right: Greg, Nate, Joe, Justin, Jenny and the judge.   It’s been a looooong time since I did a “Some… Stuff” post, but here goes. On Friday, my brother…

    June 25, 2017
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    Lent- Day 21: I’m just going to leave this here.

    (Image: Youtube)   This morning, while still in bed, I read a news alert on my phone about President Trump’s new interview with Time… and it is something. Really something. But it’s the…

    March 24, 2017
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    Some Saturday Stuff: November 15th.

    (Source: @sarahcpr, Twitter)     While the Internet went cray (but, alas, not broken) over Kim Kardashian’s oiled-up cakes on the cover of Paper magazine this week, I was busy binging on…

    November 15, 2014
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    Convert, pay or die.

    Iraqi Christian women at church in June. (Source)     Over the last few days, things have grown dire for Christians in Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. From a July 18th…

    July 21, 2014
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