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Jeff Munroe and Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell

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EP 2-2: Jeff Munroe on Reading Buechner

Jeff Munroe, a frequent contributor on The Twelve, has a new book — Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and

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The Power of Memes

Not that long ago, I didn’t know the word meme. Then, if I recall correctly, when I first encountered it, I didn’t know how to

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Please Give Blood

I’m a pretty regular blood donor. At a recent donation, I ran into an acquaintance. Not really a friend, but a good guy–genial, jaunty, exuberant.

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God is not Binary

“Why stop at three?” This was the question a Jewish religious scholar raised about a set of essays on the Trinity. It’s been many years

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God is/is not Liberal

You may wish to read my earlier post, God is/is not Conservative It’s only fairly recently that “liberal” became a bad word in the United

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God is/is not Conservative

Conservative. It’s such a loaded term these days. Every blog. Every sermon. Every prayer. Every comment. Every word is run through the conservative-liberal detecto-meter. We

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Slouching Toward Augustine

“We worshipped Jesus instead of following him on his same path. We made Jesus into a mere religion instead of a journey toward union with

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Crazy Eights

Anticipation has been growing. The excitement is almost palpable. Yes, it is true. Back despite absolutely no popular demand, for the fourth time, here is

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