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Tag: Unity

Essays Posted onJanuary 26, 2022January 27, 2022

Want to unite the church? Lift up the marginalized, says Paul.

As we move toward becoming a more antiracist and equitable society, one of the obstacles that we face is the idea that the progress that […] Read More

Wind Posted onFebruary 10, 2021June 9, 2021

Bruce Springsteen’s call to unity is a call to repentance

Super Bowl ads speak to us in a way they think we’ll listen I like watching Super Bowl ads because they reflect to us what […] Read More

Earth Posted onJuly 26, 2017June 9, 2021

Orange is the New Black taught me about working together, despite differences

My friend Zach was right when he told me he had to wade through the latest season of Orange Is The New Black. I can’t […] Read More

Essays, Wind Posted onJanuary 28, 2016June 9, 2021

Shrinking the echo chamber and building mutuality

Oh, the echo chamber. That thing that grows bigger as the Facebook algorithm grows smarter. I think you know what I’m talking about. All of […] Read More

Essays Posted onNovember 14, 2013June 9, 2021

RZA of Wu-Tang channels his inner Paul

It would seem like the Apostle Paul had 21st Century residents of the U.S. in mind even when he wrote to the Romans 2,000 years […] Read More

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