division
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Well — Jacob, inheritance, and family separation
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1 min read
The assumed division of rivals is treated as impenetrable and impossible to resolve. But it is often only a failure of imagination.
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Is the Political Divide in Mainline Churches Even Real?
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13 min read
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)
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7 min read
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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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
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6 min read
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
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8 min read
In this doozy of a gospel, Jesus seems to support division. What he really supports is freedom and community.
