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Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Gospel according to the Spa (and Oprah)

July 29, 2013by René Breuel 3 Comments

My wife and I entered the spa. The music was mellow, the colors were bright, the attendants spoke in a soft voice. We could see the city’s skyscrapers and confusion […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

“For thine is the story…”

July 25, 2013by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes 1 Comment

My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer that we read almost every night. She piously folds her little hands and says the words […]

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On Missions, Missionaries, and Proselytizing

July 18, 2013by Ben 2 Comments

Again, if God, like Jupiter in the comedy, should, on awaking from a lengthened slumber, desire to rescue the human race from evil, why did He send this Spirit of […]

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The Politics of Redemption

July 15, 2013by René Breuel 1 Comment

If you are entertained by politics, like me, or similarly by sports, there is nothing more fascinating than to see someone rise. A mom-and-pop store owner who becomes mayor, a […]

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Norway, the Harlem Shake, and the Bible

July 11, 2013by Paul McClure 2 Comments

By now you’ve probably seen and forgotten the viral video craze that was the Harlem Shake. Unless you’ve been living in an Internet-less cave for the last 6 months, which […]

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On Anything and Everything, Spirituality for the Rest of Us

The End of Virtue

July 8, 2013by René Breuel Leave a comment

Why are we often suspicious of virtue? Why are we cynical and skeptical of people who are supposedly good, kind, even heroic? That’s just the image they project–we reason–but behind […]

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Get Some Sabbath

July 4, 2013by Madi Simpson 2 Comments

I like to think that my body is holding up pretty well, given that it hasn’t had much sleep since our third child was born last November. “Sleep when the […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Driven to Distraction

July 1, 2013by Ryan Leave a comment

When I first moved to a big city, it took a bit of time get used to public transit.  For a prairie boy accustomed to wide open spaces, it was […]

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