truth
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God is active with us
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5 min read
8. When we feed the multitudes, welcome the stranger, and heal the sick, we are also with Jesus. There are essentially two ways Christians speak about the material of their faith. We can speak literally or metaphorically. And for those outside the faith, it can be really hard to tell the difference between the two. Just…
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Getting Caught in the Big Lie
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7 min read
I am mesmerized by this video. A moment of revealing the Big Lie. The lie we tell ourselves, each other, about the world, about politics, about life, about truth. This lie is pervasive and dishonest. It is what it says it is. The deceit of the human connection and condition. The transformation of all that…
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Seriously. Who? Because I’ve never actually met such a person. At the beginning, in the ’90s, there was a lot of trust. It was new. People were just learning to express themselves. Then there was little trust. It quickly filled with swamp and opinion. And then people started to do amazing things. Like Wikipedia and…
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Agreeing to Disagree
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4 min read
The teacher writes the numbers on the board. 2 + 2 = She turns to the class. Silent. Eyes creep to the corners to see their neighbors. “We’ve gone over this. What does two plus two equal?” A girl in the back, braids clicking, raises her hand. “4” The teacher smiles. “Thank you. Any other…
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Dealing With Truth
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14 min read
Postmodernism and the era of willful deception. I’m not the only one worried about a “post-truth” or “post-fact” era. Many think pieces have tried to tackle the danger of making normal the lies and distortions we’re seeing in the world. But few of them have dealt with why we’re here and what might be a…