THOSE People (Video)

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If we’re being honest, we all have “those people” in our lives.

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Be Ready to Be Changed

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We’re surrounded by beauty all of the time. Sometimes we just need a little help seeing it.

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Hell and the Love of God (Pt. 2 of 2) – Exploring Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Gehenna

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What the misunderstandings of our favorite characters and locations of hell reveal about the character of God

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Talking to My Son About Boston

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“Maybe they were angry about something, and they didn’t know how to talk about their feelings,” said nine year old Mattias.

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Hell and the Love of God (Pt. 1 of 2)

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If God can’t expiate sin without our participation in asking for that forgiveness, then God is weak. If, instead, God chooses not to forgive sin unless we ask for it, opting instead to let us suffer for all eternity because of our mistakes, then God is not loving.

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What If the Kids Don’t Want Our Church?

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What happens when a generation comes along that doesn’t care about the game you’ve spent so much time buying equipment for?

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My Frustrations with Bell, Clinton, and Obama on Marriage Equality

The Gospel call is to stand up and respond to perceived injustice as soon as you recognize it as such, not when it’s more personally, professionally or politically advantageous to do so.

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5 Questions from the Steubenville Rape Case

Once I get beyond my initial feelings about the whole situation, I’m left wrestling with a number of questions that still feel terribly unresolved.

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Papal Happy Hour Edition of Church Sign Epic Fails

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Don’t forget to wash your hands!

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I’m Proud to Be a Member of the Church of TED

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If you’re not already connected with your local TEDx community (regardless of what faith you claim or if you claim no faith at all), I encourage you to do so.

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Why Are Priests Really Celibate? (And Will It Change with a New Pope?)

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Catholic priests weren’t always celibate, and some believe the matter is not a closed issue.

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Dad of Divas: The Interview

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Q: What advice would you give to other fathers? A: A vasectomy is waaay cheaper than kids!

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Into the Shadows: A History of Hell and Satan (Part 2 of 2)

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With respect to any relationship between Satan in the Old Testament and Sheol, there is none.

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Hell and Satan: A Brief History (Part 1 of 2)

Did you know Satan actually works alongside God instead of against God?

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Taking Cues on Immigration from Jesus

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it’s difficult to modulate the imprecation to “Get the hell out of my country” into anything that sounds even remotely loving to the stranger.

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Why the Next Pope Should be a Poor Woman of Color

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Christian Piatt asserts that the church needs to prove its commitment to the poor and the marginalized.

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