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We’ve heard her story: A Christian wife caught in the jaws of an abusive marriage, held fast by church teaching prohibiting divorce and commanding submission, suffering bruises, broken bones, and …
Part Three: How Not to Dehumanize Once an individual has sustained a rejection wound and has disidentified from the rejecting group, they become ripe fruit for radical picking. Dounia …
Part Two: How Not to Radicalize For good or for evil, the role of any given leader is to build a sense of shared identity. On the evil side …
Part One: How Not to Polarize Forget the videos of ISIS militants sawing off heads; the numbers alone make our blood run cold. According to the 2015 Global Terrorism …
Speaking Out on Church-related Sexual Abuse I’ve wanted to write this article for the past few weeks, but am prompted to follow through when I realize I have three conversations …
The What and How of Clergy Sexual Misconduct Hopefully you’ll live out your days never encountering the type of religious leader who makes an article like this necessary. But for …
Yes, this is me and my family. I’m the one kneeling, looking confused. Love Within the Family of God The Bible uses several analogies for the church—a body, a building, …
I have good tidings of great joy. The sequel to The Lamb Wins, the folk cantata based on the book of Revelation released by the Lesser Light Collective in 2013, …
A Buddhist form of meditation called “mindfulness meditation” has taken the mental health field by storm. It has produced many well-documented positive effects and has been basically touted as a …
It’s time I made this announcement, even though I’d rather deny it. We’ve lived in Philadelphia for 15 years this December. We moved into 1103 Cromwell Road, Wyndmoor (a suburb) …