Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Same Sex Marriage and the Single Christian

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Star Wars and Its Women Problem

Not many blacks either but that’s not this woman’s point. Wired Criticisms about representations of gender (or race and other diversity) are often countered in fandom by sociological or scientific analyses attempting to explain why the inequality happens according to … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Triage and Not Writing People Off

Alan Jacobs at the The American Conservative In general, practicing such triage is okay — indeed, it has to be okay because there’s no plausible alternative until we live much longer, eliminate sleep, and acquire faster internal processors — but it’s the sort … Continue reading →

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Washington State Changes “Freshman” to “First Year”

Yahoo news.  along with 40k other terms “Fisherman” is now a “fisher.” “Penmanship” is called “handwriting.” And “manhole cover” is, well, still “manhole cover.” Some words don’t have an easy replacement. Others do: “His” is now “his and hers.” “Clergyman” is … Continue reading →

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Calvin College, Gay Faculty and the Boy Scouts

Religion Dispatches Written by an anonymous gay faculty member at a Christian college. Also mentions CRC Synod decision.

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Burma Bans Time Magazine “Buddhist Terror” Issue

Religion Dispatches

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Cali Judge Says Yoga OK for Encinitas School

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Yoga Selfies

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The Egyptian Military

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James Schaap How to be a preacher.

“How to be a preacher” http://feedly.com/k/122Jth4

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