Author Archives: PaulVK

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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Mad Men takes us from the 60s to the 70s

The Daily Beast

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WORLD Mobile | Blindsided | June 26, 2015

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Welcome to the Next Iteration of American Civil Religion

In the 20th century religion, morality, politics and commerce aligned in America first to win WWII and then the Cold War. Growing up on the CRC left I always heard Civil Religion as a dirty word. Both SCOTUS and POTUS … Continue reading →

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Gabe Lyons and Andrew Sullivan Discuss Religious Freedom

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Obama Eulogy at Service for Rev. Pickney

Begins at 1:22

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My Blog Platform Thinks It has a Social Conscience

Hmmm. What does it mean that my blog host wishes to express its social conscience views.

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Ideology and Income in churches

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Supreme Court Sets Aside State Bans on Same Sex Marriage

CT: Quotes from Kennedy and Roberts on Religious liberty Daily Beast: Gay Marriage is Here Forever Daily Beast: Gay Marriage is not enough Frank Bruni: Our Weddings Our Worth Gay Marriage wins while other liberal causes languish Dreher with multiple … Continue reading →

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Why I Think the Union of CRHM and CRWM Means the End of the “Home Missions” Era

In Like A Lamb While the big spat over “All One Body” got all the drama at #crcsynod 2015 the big news was really the consolidation of Home Missions and World Missions (“don’t say the m-word”) and then the consolidation … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Synodical Big Mouth

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