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Like A Fiddler On The Roof Becoming Brigham, Episode 7—"Young Brigham Young," Part Two is now up online: Camrey continues her conversation with Susan Easton Black about the

👉With a number of our friends and neighbors, my wife and I went out for pizza 🍕 last night and then on to a superb production of Fiddler on the Roof at The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater in Pleasant Grove. It was as good a performance as I’ve ever seen at one...🎭

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History Of Required Celibacy Disproves Catholicism? I critique a clever argument claiming that the way in which the Catholic Church implemented compulsory celibacy for clergy proved that its authority is null and void.

Sean Luke, over at the YouTube channel, Anglican Aesthetics, made a rather ambitious and grandiose claim in his video, “This ONE Issue Debunks Roman Catholicism” (7-1-25). It’s a clever historical + ecclesiological argument, but I believe that it totally fails in...
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My Engagements With World Religions: Other Faiths All the faiths of the world show elements of the ray of truth; the more one explores other faiths, the more they can discern those elements.

👉While the focus of my religious engagements, inter-religious studies, and comparative theology has been with Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, I have not limited myself to them. I’ve investigated and read from a wide variety of religious faiths...
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The Women Who Built Israel The matriarchs took action to bring about divine order and fulfill the prophecies.  It was the women who built Israel.

👉 We often assume that the patriarchy ruled Israel. However, while the patriarchs received the promise, it was the matriarchs who saw the future and moved the story forward. 🇮🇱 They ensured the divine plan unfolded as it should. The matriarchs saw Israel’s future...

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The Stillness Ambition: Living The Lead A Quiet Life Verse Discover how the "lead a quiet life verse" in 1 Thess 4:11-12 offers a way of resistance through stillness, hard work, and independence.

To lead a quiet life is a form of resistance against a culture that defines us by what we have and how busy we are.

A Lead a Quiet Life Blog post on @patheos.com

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Secondhand Smoke: Tri Robinson Reflects On Deconstruction Tri Robinson’s Deconstruction/Reconstruction explores how the legacy of the Jesus Movement shaped today’s deconstructing generation.

Just finished Deconstruction/Reconstruction by Tri Robinson.

One idea stayed with me: today’s generation is living with the “secondhand smoke” of the church’s past decisions.

You can’t argue people into faith.

A blog post on @patheos.com.

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God Understands Autism On my parenting journey, one of the best comforting mantras I have started to tell myself daily is this: God understands Autism.

On my parenting journey, one of the best & most comforting mantras I have started to tell myself daily is this: God understands Autism. This mantra gave me insight into God and autism in four important ways. First, God is the best support your child could ever have. ✍️
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Hard Conversations: We Accept The Already & Not Yet Living between what God has begun and what is still unfolding, we learn to follow Jesus faithfully in the tension of the already and not yet.

We live in the tension of the here-and-now and yet-to-come.

In the middle of unfinished realities, we choose hope for what is possible today while trusting God to reveal the final truth.

A blog post on @patheos.com

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Effects Of Quitting Social Media On My Nervous System And Soul Social media was over-activating my nervous system without me realizing it. Here's what I learned about the effects of quitting social media.

👉 Almost a month ago, I decided for this year’s Lent to dive into Spanish practice and “consciousness hygiene,” and an update on the latter seems in order. 👍

For the sake of brevity, I’ll focus on just one area.👀 Early in the effort to spiff up my consciousness...

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Good News! God Made Me Funky! Headhunters And Jamiroquoi "And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19). Reading pop music through a

Reading pop music through a theomusicological lens might seem a bit difficult. One might ask, “How can a song not meant to have a religious perspective be heard with a religious perspective?” Good question. Fortunately, pop culture offers works, from time to time...
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John 9 Counters Disability Bias In Christian Nationalism The story of Jesus and the man with blindness in John 9:1-41 can counter the disability discrimination of Christian Nationalism.

The story of the man born with blindness in John 9 counters the cruelty of Christian nationalism by affirming that those with disabilities are worthy of respect, healing, and justice. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

God Does Not Waste Daughters — So Why Do We? If God creates, calls, and spiritually gifts His daughters, then silencing them in the very places He has gifted them should call for careful consideration. Burying gifts is not biblical faithfulness;...

👉My husband and I have five young adult children. Our “only begotten son” is a husband, father, worship leader, and entrepreneur. He is overflowing with purpose, calling and spiritual gifts. We adore our son and are so proud of his leadership.

#Daughters
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Bart Ehrman Decodes The Book Of Revelation: What You Missed Bible scholar Bart Ehrman reveals what the Book of Revelation actually meant to its First Century audience—and why popular interpretations get it wrong.

👉Most Christians have some idea where they will be after the world ends.💥

Many Christians will say they believe that the Bible, including the book of Revelation, is the inerrant, inspired, and unquestionable word of God.

The truth is that most Christians have...

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Ryan Coogler: Infusing Faith And Activism With Film-Making Ryan Coogler is an award winning film-maker who infuses faith and activism into his work to uplift and confront issues in the Black community.

Ryan Coogler is a name movie attenders know well. His popularity stems from his efforts in the entertainment industry. In fact, viewers of the 98th Academy Awards will hear the host mention his name many times throughout the night. This is because he is an award...

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What The Azusa Street Revival Still Teaches Us About Revival What the Azusa Street Revival teaches us about repentance, humility, and the difference between true revival and platform-driven spirituality.

Revival isn’t hype.

It’s people coming face-to-face with God… and themselves.

The Azusa Street Revival still has something to teach us.

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Hard Conversations: We Accept The Already & Not Yet Living between what God has begun and what is still unfolding, we learn to follow Jesus faithfully in the tension of the already and not yet.

Hard conversations often live in the tension between what God has already done and what is still unfolding. Learning to follow Jesus faithfully in that space.

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Memorializing the Dead at Naples’ Feast of Madonna dell’Arco

New on my @patheos.com column by guest contributor Francesco Pepe! www.patheos.com/blogs/theglo... #AcademicSky #Italy #Naples #Catholic #Mafia

How Faith And Religion Shaped America's First 250 Years America And Religion Faith and the Founding: What Media Gets Wrong Religion has shaped America from the beginning — even when today’s commentary suggests otherwise. As we Religion didn’t fade from American politics. As th...

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, it is worth remembering that freedom of religion is not a side note in our founding — it is central to it. From the start, our Founders made a promise: people could practice their faith freely, without fear of government...

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Jesus & The Woman At The Well Counter Christian Nationalism The story of Jesus & the Woman at the Well (John 4) counters the misogyny of Christian Nationalism, offers alternative to toxic masculinity.

The story of Jesus & the Woman at the Well in John 4 has important things to teach us about the value, worth, and dignity of women as we counter the misogyny of “purity culture” and toxic masculinity in Christian Nationalism today. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Torah On Immigration: This Purim Take Off The Mask Torah has a lot to say about immigration. In Torah boundaries are set to protect justice, order, and G-d's divine command over his people.

👉 On Purim we celebrate Esther taking a stand for her people and their right to exist. However, many Jewish people today are fighting against the right of the Jewish people to exist and have their own land, so this Purim takes off the mask of political correctness.

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Framing Your Personal Calling: Finding A Quiet Life A reflection on personal calling, rule of life, and rhythms that anchor identity, shape ministry, and guard against drift.

I just finished reworking my personal calling, rule of life, and weekly rhythm into one clear anchor.

Because I drift.

Maybe you do too.

A #LeadAQuietLife blog post on @patheos.com

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Rev. Rabell Goes To Washington: Pastor’s State Of The Union Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, ELCA pastor, attends State of the Union, offering a powerful witness on behalf of immigrants.

Rep. Josh Harder invited the Rev. Nelson Rabell-González, a local ELCA pastor and immigrant advocate, as his guest for the 2026 State of the Union. His powerful witness is a testimony to prophetic courage. @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Hard Conversations: We Find Our Identity In Christ Hard conversations test us, but identity in Christ anchors us in truth, grace, and unity when fear and division rise.

Hard conversations do not just test your theology.

They test your identity.

Galatians 2 shows what happens when fear drives us and what changes when identity in Christ leads us.

Here’s the blog.

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Rinse, Repeat, Ramadan: The Explainer Trap Here's why Ramadan coverage keeps repeating the same safe explainer—flattening a living, contested, global religious tradition into a predictable media script.

👉 Every year for the last several years, sometime between the last gray days of winter and the first real hints of summer, a familiar genre quietly bloomed across Western media.

You’ve probably seen it, even if you didn’t recognize the rhythm.

#Ramadan
#SameStory

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Hard Conversations: The Spirit Can Create Unity Acts 15 shows how the Spirit brings unity through hard conversations when truth, humility, and grace lead the way.

Hard conversations are not just about disagreements.

Sometimes someone is simply wrong.

Acts 15 shows us the Spirit can create unity where it once seemed impossible.

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C. S. Lewis’ Argument For God From Desire I briefly summarize an argument for God that C. S. Lewis stressed: "sehnsucht": a special kind of intense, aching longing, described in German and Norse romantic tradition.

C. S. Lewis, the popular author of The Chronicles of Narnia and other works of fantasy fiction, and widely considered the most influential defender of Christianity in the 20th century, thought that this experience of ecstasy, which he called “joy” in a particular...
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Zachary Levi Guides Viewers Through 'David: King Of Israel' Zachary Levi, who guides viewers through Fox Nation’s impressive new biblical miniseries “David: King of Israel,” premiering Feb. 26, says the story of the historical king resonates because of its raw...

👉Zachary Levi, who guides viewers through Fox Nation’s impressive new biblical miniseries “David: King of Israel,” premiering Feb. 26, says the story of the historical king resonates because of its raw humanity and epic sweep, offering viewers both spectacle...

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Where's Santa Muerte? The Catholic Altar Of El Mencho When news broke about the personal altar of slain CJNG kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes—aka El Mencho—many expected to see the usual suspects: Santa

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