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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

The Dish Thread “What’s a Bisexual Anyway”

Posted on April 8, 2014 by PaulVK

The Dish In the June 19 edition there’s a long story of a man and his journey. There is much fluidity and much striving for definition. What is a definition in our cultural context? Are these sexual-identity platonists? Fascinating. NYT … Continue reading →

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CT: 5 Things that surprised me when I moved to a secular job

Posted on April 8, 2014 by PaulVK

ht: Voices via Bill Vis CT Leadership Journal In ministry it’s harder to leave work at work. Public vs. private: in ministry there is an expectation of a personal relationship Criticism in ministry tends to be more personal Charitable giving vs. … Continue reading →

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Suicide as Contagion

Posted on April 8, 2014 by PaulVK

Brain Pickings on Stay by Hecht, this is a long and meaty piece HT The Dish with video the video link Article in the national review on an English woman who travels to Zurich for her suicide. Another book review on Stay … Continue reading →

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Jesus Creed on Bonhoeffer’s Life Together

Posted on April 8, 2014 by PaulVK

Jesus Creed

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This Preacher’s Monday Morning Therapy

Posted on April 7, 2014 by PaulVK

Blog Reading I usually try to do some blog reading on Monday mornings. On some Monday mornings I’m particularly weary and needy. Not all, just sometimes. So I’m reading a particularly well done blog post by someone offering some very … Continue reading →

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Bart Ehrman’s book and the Response Book

Posted on April 7, 2014 by PaulVK

Unbelievable pt1 Unbelievable pt2 Nice Summary of both books Daniel Kirk Craig A. Evans: Fundamentalist Arguments Against Fundamentalism

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Millennials, Pluralism and Indecision

Posted on April 7, 2014 by PaulVK

NYT We anxiously avoid casting moral judgment. Because with absolute truths elusive, what claims do we have to insist that our moral positions are better than those of someone from a different nation or culture? Consider the challenge we might … Continue reading →

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Barbara Ehrenreich writes about her experience of God

Posted on April 6, 2014 by PaulVK

Barbara Ehrenreich author of Nickel and Dimed has a new book coming out. Clearly the book promotion, a bunch of interviews Globe and mail NY Times Salon No. What happens is, here you have this amazing, charismatic, madly generous Jesus, … Continue reading →

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Why Do Zebras have Stripes? What is the answer beneath the question?

Posted on April 6, 2014 by PaulVK

The Dish What strikes me about the question and the theoried answers is how the premise behind the answers are leading. “Why” is assumed to be answered by a Darwinian motivation, survival. The stripes must (we assume) contribute to their … Continue reading →

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Jewish Philosopher explains how he’s a religious naturalist

Posted on April 6, 2014 by PaulVK

NYT can be a mathematician without a belief in the metaphysical existence of numbers

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