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  Mark Kubo

  

  A small-town Georgia preacher fills pews by leaving no one out

  The Washington Post - By Alison Miller

  HARTWELL, Ga. — At night, the worn sign looks like a beacon in the darkness out front of the modest, red-brick Mt. Hebron Baptist Church. The tired, it reads. The poor. And huddled masses. Welcome home. In this small town in the rural northeast corner of Georgia, it’s the kind of message that assures …

• Opinion | Lots of Americans Are Losing Their Religion. Have You? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

  

  Mark Kubo

  

  Opinion | Lots of Americans Are Losing Their Religion. Have You?

  The New York Times - Jessica Grose

  In their forthcoming book, “Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society,” the sociologists Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman and Ryan Cragun describe a change in the built environment of St. Louis that is “emblematic” of the ebb of organized religious observance in America. What was once a …

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  Mark Kubo

  

  Opinion | How to Pray With Our Eyes Open

  The New York Times - Tish Harrison Warren

  April is my favorite month in Austin, my hometown. The banks along the highways burst with wildflowers. Bluebonnets preside over dainty, pink buttercups playing with bold black-eyed Susans. Trees glisten with their chirpy new green. Birds enthusiastically pass on news, waking me up each morning. …

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  Mark Kubo

  

  Lutherans launch initiative joining Indigenous-led Truth and Healing Movement

  Religion News Service - Emily McFarlan Miller

  ‘It’s pretty tremendous that a bishop has commissioned a movement,’ said Vance Blackfox, the ELCA’s director for Indigenous ministries and tribal …

• Podcast Episode 240: Dan McClellan - Why God Is Like a Hotdog - The Bible For Normal People

  

  Mark Kubo

  

  Episode 240: Dan McClellan – Why God Is Like a Hotdog

  thebiblefornormalpeople.com - Pete Enns, Ph.D.

  In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jared and Pete talk with Dan McClellan about divine agency in early Israelite thought, and how …

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  Mark Kubo

  

  Opinion | Easter Rebukes the Christian Will to Power

  The New York Times - David French

  On Easter Sunday, billions of Christians gather together to celebrate the event that’s indispensable to the Christian faith — the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, without the resurrection our faith is useless. The Easter focus on the resurrection is …