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Is the Political Divide in Mainline Churches Even Real?
Recent data shows the mainline clergy are more likely to be liberal than their congregations. We shouldn’t assume this is real. Or matters.
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Between Pentecost + Trinity (Year B)
We might not focus on the gospel passage this Sunday, but if we do, we should probably check the background—it is spicy!
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Borderlands—there are people who live between our worlds
We often think about borders as a line, dividing two places, but our borders are places, too. And they are inhabited.
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The truth about polarization we don’t want to hear
We talk about polarization like its something that happens to us. Rather than the byproduct of what we’re actually doing.
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Jesus’s case against unity
In this doozy of a gospel, Jesus seems to support division. What he really supports is freedom and community.
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The challenge of talking about division
There are few things that give us more anxiety as a people than talking about the things that divide us. Then Jesus does.
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Dividing is an active verb
When we read about Jesus and division, we are often prone to justify our own actions rather than engage with his point.
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There is one people
“What do we do with division?” The question is so common, yet we hardly question it. But it is based on a faulty assumption.