Author Archives: PaulVK

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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

How in Jesus Slaves Become Siblings

If the Bible is Inspired, Why Didn’t God Outlaw Slavery? The question of the Bible and slavery illustrates for many people in the Western world today a foundational reason why the Bible can’t be anything but just another human creation … Continue reading →

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The Church and the Lack of Single Pastors

YALT

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NYT: Complex Story of Race and Upward Mobility

NYT

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Skye Jethani: What a Racist Taught Me About Community

Skye’s Blog Writing about the nature of Christian community Nouwen says: “Community has little to do with mutual compatibility. Similarities in educational background, psychological make-up, or social status can bring us together, but they can never be the basis for … Continue reading →

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Map of Europe Over 1000 Year Period

http://www.viralforest.com/watch-1000-years-european-borders-change/

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Free Speech Around Abortion Clinics

SCOTUS ruling

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Meditation downside

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766/

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Salon: Al Qaida’s 7 Rules for Effective Terrorism

and how ISIS is breaking them. Salon

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Why People Believe Things that aren’t true

Study on vaccinations and human belief  False beliefs, it turns out, have little to do with one’s stated political affiliations and far more to do with self-identity: What kind of person am I, and what kind of person do I want … Continue reading →

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And now a comment on the war

Which war you ask?  This piece tracks with what I’ve been able to read in other places too. I’m disturbed by mainstream media reports (not just Fox news) that want to portray this as “the terrorists winning…” so somehow we … Continue reading →

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