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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Jesus Undoes That Which No Doubter Can Deny

Sexy Doubt Doubt is a hot topic and doubters and skeptics are persons of interest for churches given the rise of the “nones” (and the decline of the nuns). For many who were raised on traditional Christianity a plausibility gap … Continue reading →

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Parenting Adult Children is Tougher

NY Times lecturer on psychology observes herself in a her parenting and what she grabs for solutions.  Fascinating to me how She ends the story on a happy note She in the end embraces a religion (the most psychological and … Continue reading →

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End of Life for Sick Babies

How sick babies go on death pathway

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When Protestants Were Offended That Someone Put Christ in Christmas

by Skye Jethani But many of us forget that Christmas itself is a holiday of dubious origin. For example, the Puritans were stridently opposed to the celebration of Christmas. They could find no biblical support for the holiday, and they … Continue reading →

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How will the world end?

Salon: David Brin goes on a rant. Wikipedia on Fermi’s Paradox The Great Filter Way back, about a century ago, physicist Enrico Fermi and his colleagues, taking a lunchbreak from the Manhattan Project, found themselves discussing life in the cosmos. … Continue reading →

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Questions about Religion?

Richard Ostling will be answering questions on the Patheos blog. 

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Johnny Cash: Hurt

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Gay “conversion therapy” faces test in court

NYT Link

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NYT: What Brand is Your Therapist?

Link I found a lot I could relate to as a pastor in this piece. I also found that Tim Keller referred to this article in his sermon on November 25 noting that our cultural bias is to find “the problem” … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness or Compassion?

My friend David Snapper has published his “unhurt” series on forgiveness with Faith Alive. I’m going to try it out. Another friend Mark Brouwer publishes an article on hurt not being addressed by forgiveness but rather compassion.  Maybe they need a … Continue reading →

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