Author: Kurt Wiesner

Bishops eating dust in race for marriage equality

[The Archbishop of Canterbury], normally characterized by shrewdness and sensitivity, … delivered an inept speech that began by saying how sad it was that the church had not supported equality for gay people in the past, and then went on to give some bizarre reasons as to why it would continue not supporting equality for them in the future.

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Tsunami

How could we preach on the raising up of the sons of the widows of Zarapheth and Nain when children known and loved today will not rise again in this life?

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Immigration reform bill clears first hurdle

The Senate overcame a critical hurdle on Tuesday toward advancing the first immigration overhaul in a generation that would affect the nation’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants, all U.S. employers and future legal immigrants.

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10 things you can’t do and follow Jesus

Lots of people claim to be “following Jesus” and then they do stuff like this. Sure, people who follow Jesus do these things all the time, but you can’t say you are doing them because you are trying to follow Jesus’ example.

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Moral Mondays

Despite tornado warnings across the state, several thousand demonstrators gathered Monday under rainy skies to continue the weekly protests of the new policies and laws coming out of the General Assembly.

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Condolence notes: what to say

… we are all fumbling newbies, approaching every funeral as if it were our first. We think about what we could possibly say at the funeral home, or what we’ll write on the Facebook tribute page — and words fail us.

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