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Women in Ministry Series: From Woman in Ministry to Woman Who Ministers

  We’re welcoming Jamie Wright as this week’s guest blogger in the Women in Ministry Series. You probably know about her incredible blog Jamie the Very Worst Missionary.  I’m just gonna come out and...

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Men Don’t Have to Lose in Order for Women to Win

Sometimes I write totally ridiculous stuff about pastors raging with testosterone who pound on pulpits. Other times I play with hyperbole in response to pastors who dress business casual and say pretty...

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Belonging: You Can’t Conquer Someone if You’re Washing Her Feet

My paternity leave thankfully coincided with yet another flare up of Christian craziness in the blog world. I read about it with Ethan in my arms, my jaw hanging uncomfortably low as a Christian wrote...

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First Draft Father: Two Conversations That I Don’t Know How to Have

I worry that I sometimes hurt people unintentionally. These things usually start out innocent enough with the best of intentions. Two recent conversations come to mind… We were just catching up,...

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Jesus Loves Failures: Loving An Angry City

I’m launching a new series during September: Jesus Loves Failures. The New Testament is full of people who failed Jesus, God, and one another in strikingly spectacular ways. For those who repented, he...

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Jesus Loves Failures: Why We Need a Doctor

  I know who the wrong people are based on what I find in the Bible. I could make a list of the people who are categorized as being on the outside of the faith. There are sinners and heretics who are...

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Jesus Loves Failures: People Who Are Doing It “Wrong”

In my most cynical days after seminary, I spent my time picking apart everything about Christianity. I still catch it creeping in some days. I used to get critical about everything from sermons, to...

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Doing Justice: Home Is Where the Heart Is

My friend Alise Wright is a talented writer and musician who is writing today about her recent trip to Moldova: I think I’m a missions anomaly. Everyone I have ever met who has done any kind of...

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Why We Don’t Believe God Loves Us

I’ve spent a good deal of my time as a Christian fearing the Bible wasn’t true or that part of it could be proven inaccurate. I’ve devoted hours to studying it, fleshing out the background, and...

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A Humble Suggestion on How to Not Shoot Our Neighbors

If I’d seen Frank on the street, I would have gotten a little nervous. He’s a solid foot taller than me, if not more. His hands are huge. His expression mellow, if not a little suspicious. That is, if...

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