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Indianapolis Church Puts Mary, Joseph and Jesus in Cage to Protest President Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy
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Lesli White
An Episcopal church in Indianapolis is sending a loud message against President Trump’s immigration policies by putting statues of baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph inside a chain-linked fence on its lawn. This is in protest of President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy of arresting people at the U.S.-Mexico border. “On our lawn tonight we placed The…
Pot Churches Offering ‘Joints For Jesus’ Continue to Grow in US
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Megan Bailey
Like many churches, services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer. The service lasts about one hour and is filled with Christian prayers and sermons. Somewhere in between, there is the sacrament. However at churches like Coachella, it’s done a little bit differently. Pastor Grant Atwell distributes marijuana joints to church…
Is your church too “cool”? Longing for a little tradition?
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by Rachel Held Evans ~ Relevant Magazine People sometimes assume that because I’m a progressive 30-year-old who has no children, I must want a super-hip church—you know, the kind that’s called “Thrive” or “Be,” and which boasts “an awesome worship experience,” a fair-trade coffee bar, its own iPhone app and a pastor who looks like…
Rick Warren: The church is the most effective weapon against AIDS
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“On June 5, 1981, my wife Kay was late into her second pregnancy, just weeks away from giving birth,” writes Rick Warren, the founder and pastor of California’s Saddleback Church and the author of The Purpose Driven Life. “Absorbed in caring for our 2-year-old and preparing for a newborn, the farthest thing on our minds was news…
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