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Christianity Can't Replace My Zoloft

This article originally appeared on Patheos.I have been taking Zoloft (anti-depressant) for four years. I began taking it during my freshman year in college because I had been suffering from severe panic attacks for about...

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Pastor Mark Driscoll Booted From Evangelical Network

This article originally appeared on Patheos.In a stunning move, the Acts 29 Network leadership has removed network co-founder and Mars Hill Church lead pastor Mark Driscoll from the organization’s membership. I obtained a letter from...

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The Bachelorette's Nick Viall: Why I Brought Up Sex

This article originally appeared on Patheos.On The Bachelorette, the lights dim and the cameramen leave when it comes time for the Fantasy Suites. There’s an unwritten rule that no one really talks about what happens...

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What if Palestinians Became Israeli Citizens?

This article originally appeared on Patheos.Dear Rabbi, Do you think there is any hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians?“Any hope” is setting the bar quite low; we can all entertain some sliver of hope,...

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Arie Luyendyk: Why I Want to Be the Next Bachelor

This article originally appeared on Patheos.“Party of one.”I walked into the Cracker Barrel, was seated, and fiddled with the wooden triangular brain teaser. Normally, I can solve those things, but on that day – after...

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Pope Poo-pooed by GOP for Being too Jesus-like

This article originally appeared on Patheos.I can’t think of a Pope who has made a bigger impact, brought more hope and sounded more like Jesus than Pope Francis.It’s no secret that I’m a big fan....

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Why I'm Not Afraid to Be Too Gay on Facebook

This article originally appeared on Patheos.We had just lit a candle, said a blessing and were passing around the broken bread for all at the table to share when we began talking about our respective...

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I Want My Christianity Back – Without the Ugly Baggage

This article originally appeared on PatheosI don’t like telling people I’m a Christian.It’s not that I’m ashamed of being a Christian; I’m not – at all. It is just that the word “Christian” comes with...

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Panic! at the Disco Turns Westboro Protest into an HRC Fundraiser

This article originally appeared on PatheosWhen the band Panic! At The Disco (below) — you might remember them from their 2006 hit song “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” — visited Kansas City, Missouri for a...

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Pro-Life Nurse Sues Family Planning Clinic for Hiring Discrimination

She said she would not prescribe birth control

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Wife of Wiccan Priest Recounts Religious Discrimination

Blake Kirk was uninvited from giving the invocation at a city council meeting in Huntsville, Ala. after it was learned that he's a clergyman of the Wiccan faith. Here, his wife speaks out

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Just Because You're Mad at Obama Doesn't Mean You Can't Have Dinner at His House

The White House Iftar boycott is a fruitless debate

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4 Reasons Conservatives Are Embracing Prison Reform

This article originally appeared on Patheos.There are few social issues over which all within the greater Christian Church can agree, or at least historically have been able to find common ground. From gay marriage to...

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Quitting the Cancer 'Battle'

Watching my wife deal with morning sickness while I was laid low by chemo­therapy, I realized that I had the easier job. All I had to do was die

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Ramadan Is Morphing Into a Meaningless Holiday Season

The Muslim holiday has taken on a completely different form in America, one that more closely resembles Christmas

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How Having an (Insurance-Covered) IUD Is Saving My Life

This article originally appeared on Patheos.I had no intentions of writing about the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case. I tweeted my friend Laura Ortberg Turner’s short post on it, because I share...

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Hobby Lobby Turned Roman Catholics Into First-Class Citizens

A few rich and powerful people now have another way to legally exercise religious control over other people’s private lives.

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What Can We Learn From the Pending Hobby Lobby Case?

This article originally appeared on Patheos.Just a little while ago, I read a blog post by Dr. Jackie Roese regarding the upcoming Supreme Court decision about the Hobby Lobby case. She makes the argument that...

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5 Things You Really Mean When You Say 'I Don't Approve of Your Homosexual Lifestyle'

If you say this, you're not fooling anybody

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The Bible and Seeds of Imagination

This article originally appeared on Patheos.Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends. Read other perspectives from the Progressive Christian community here.Since I live in what...

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