Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

“Is church membership outdated?” from The Banner

The Banner by Victor Ko

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The Perfect Millennial Church that they don’t want

Huffpo Unfortunately, most clergymen won’t like the answer, which is double-pronged. First and more negative is that there is an enormous segment of the millennial population — perhaps a majority — that they will never, ever convert, no matter what … Continue reading →

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Woman looks back at her youth and talks about the ways the system should have constrained her

Salon When I was sixteen I was released from a court order, the purpose of which had been to keep me detained for my own protection. It did not have the required effect. The reason for this was clear, and … Continue reading →

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Pajama Church

I’m not coming to your church

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The Pope and I

Cynical A good friend had a response to my post yesterday about Pope Francis that stewed in me overnight, cynical. While I confess that cynicism is a problem for me and that yesterday’s post could well be seen as an … Continue reading →

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A Book About Post-Colonialism Not Written By A White Dude | Pete Enns

http://www.peteenns.com/a-book-about-post-colonialism-not-written-by-a-white-dude/

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World Meeting of Families Transcript

http://spiritualfriendship.org/2015/09/26/always-consider-the-person-homosexuality-in-the-family/

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Dreher asks his audience what’s the one last thing that would make you leave your church

The answers are in the comment thread

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Pope Francis and the Magic Kingdom of Inconvenient People

Pope Francis Visits America, Film at 11 Part of what has fascinated me about this papal visit was watching us watch him. On the surface the Roman Catholic church should be an institution that culturally left leaning Americans should hate, … Continue reading →

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Mark Brouwer’s Approach to Ministry

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