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Fleeing the Sinking Ship
We rarely use this metaphor correctly. Which tells us a lot about what ails us. We want to be the virtuous one throughout the story.
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When we start the clock
When we focus on a moment, control how we see it, isolate our vision, we think we’re looking for the truth, but we’re blinding ourselves from it.
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War Is a No-Win Situation
The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.
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How our limited imagination gets stuck on taxes
When asked about the Law and paying taxes, Jesus gives a response many are far too eager to see as supporting separation.
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Between Proper 23 + 24 (Year A)
The passage we are moving into is so often taken for a story of binaries, separation, and articulation, but the question is filled with dishonesty.
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The Collapsing Boundaries of War
War messes with our moral compass. But it is the sense of inevitability that does far more damage. Our work is to enforce those boundaries.
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Professional or Common? Clothes and the making of man
Debates on what clothes make a professional seem reasonable and valuable. But they hide our confusion over our true values.
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Why being non-political is a worthy political act
The existential challenge for libraries and other institutions is that they are the subject of political attacks the public doesn’t support.