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Demands Without War
A week ago, when we were going to the Farmers’ Market in Saint Paul, we encountered people handing out fliers and urging us to march on the Republican National Convention in protest over the war in Iraq. I was particularly struck by the injunction to “demand peace, justice, and equality,” as if a better world…
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Fidelity Impossible?
What’s so hard about fidelity? Senator John Edwards has joined a long list of public officials, both Democrats and Republicans, who have admitted to cheating on their spouses. I suppose Independents do it, too, but who cares? The consensus online seems to be that Edwards’ hypocrisy is what is reprehensible, not the actual betrayal. (I…
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Wanting More
A lot of people suffer disappointment with God when they encounter some kind of trauma: death of a loved one, terminal illness, horrific abuse, or a terrible accident. Nothing like that has ever happened to me. I’m not so much disappointed as discontent. I can’t help thinking that the Christian life isn’t all it’s cracked…
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