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An Ordinary Holy Week Primer for an Extraordinary Season…
By
Joan Ball
Wondering about the meaning of Holy Week and Easter? A new friend and talented author, pastor, artist Dr. David McDonald, has created a helpful site called The Common Truth: Ordinary Stories for an Extraordinary Season that offers thought-provoking daily reflections on Palm Sunday, Fig Monday, Great Tuesday, Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and…
I Don’t Care About Heaven or Hell…
By
Joan Ball
I don’t care about heaven or hell. There, I said it. As I’ve watched the flood of blog posts, Tweets, television interviews and articles about Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person that Ever Lived and the response of folks like John Piper and Justin Taylor, I can’t…
Are We on the Road to Legalizing Incest?: The Rise and Fall of Taboos in a Changing Society
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Joan Ball
Columbia University Professor David Epstein was arrested last week and charged with having “consensual” sexual relationship with his 24-year-old daughter. Epstein’s lawyer, Matthew Galluzzo, tells ABCNews.com: “Academically, we are obviously all morally opposed to incest and rightfully so. At the same time, there is an argument to be made in the Swiss case to let go…
Coming out of the Christian Closet: Guest Post by Author Becky Garrison
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Joan Ball
GRAPHIC: http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/934/ ©Jon Birch Coming out of the Christian Closet By Becky Garrison As part of my ongoing pilgrimage to chat up the themes I raise in my book Jesus Died for This?, I’ve begun to connect with an increasing number of folks who seem to be searching for a connection outside of themselves though…
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