Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Doctor Mocks Sedated Patient and Loses Big in Court

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The Queering of Marriage in America

The New Republic ht Dreher My protagonist could find the process of questioning his sexuality and gender as normal as we now find deciding what to watch on television. He might have no single sexual identification—omnisexuality—and that could be the overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

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Conservative Colleges Concerned about SSM Ruling

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Confessions of a Seduction Addict by Elizabeth Gilbert

NYTimes Mag Seduction is the art of coercing somebody to desire you, of orchestrating somebody else’s longings to suit your own hungry agenda. Seduction was never a casual sport for me; it was more like a heist, adrenalizing and urgent. … Continue reading →

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Jesus for Presiding Bishop

http://livingchurch.org/covenant/?p=6257

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Dilemma of the 4th of July

Reflections from the Hogan When our server, who was also native, came to the table, I asked if I could show him something. I then stood up and pointed out that 30 lines below the famous quote “All men are … Continue reading →

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Strom Thurmon, Who Is In Hell

What amazes me is that a magazine like “mother jones” will seamlessly appropriate imagined Christian imagery. How are we to interpret such language? I think it is a subtle way of filling out our universe, whether we formally profess to … Continue reading →

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The Plight of Jesus our Victim at the Hands of Religious Consumers

What Do You Do When You Face an Existential Threat? At a pastoral retreat a number of years ago a group of pastors discussed what it would take to spark a broad revival of Christian faith. One pastor answered “an … Continue reading →

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Why We are Not “Cured” of Racism

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Douthat, Christianity and Heresy

Where Christianity Ends Which is why I think it’s a mistake, both theologically and personally, to read individuals and cultures out of the Christian family prematurely, just because you think they’re moving, in deed or word, away from essential elements of … Continue reading →

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