History
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The Luddites were brave
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3 min read
The way we refer to technophobic people as luddites isn’t just wrong. It is doing the work of the people the luddites fought against.
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Two Other Drews
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4 min read
Drew isn’t a terribly common name. So how crazy is it that I ran into two other people named Drew in 24 hours?
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A Christmas Message
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3 min read
Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the world, these ancient people gathered because their…
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What Exactly Are We Never Forgetting?
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9 min read
You’ve heard the calls to #NeverForget. Tragedy and trauma bring out sudden calls for solidarity and collective memory. As if time whisks away such frightening moments like a vapor. A morning mist dried by the first direct rays of sun. That this is in direct contrast to our society’s instruction in the midst of personal tragedy is…
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On History, Racism, and Sitting Down For Equality
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5 min read
The critical moment in Iron Jawed Angels comes with war. Alice Paul and a league of women stand in front of the White House daily, compelling President Woodrow Wilson to recognize that it is long past time for women’s suffrage. They stand, protesting with the president’s own words, extolling eloquently on human dignity. So that he’ll hear them anew and not…
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I’m Reevaluating the Cross
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1 min read
After listening to Tony Jones speak about his new book, Did God Kill Jesus on Homebrewed Christianity, I found myself being pushed into new territory in my faith. Partly because I probably am one of those progressive Christians who wants to sanitize the faith and take the blood out of it. I think there’s more…