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The Stanford Rape Case Exemplifies The Privilege At The Heart of Rape Culture
Stanford University Brock Turner, a top swimmer at Stanford who raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster after a party, was sentenced to six months in count... Read more
The 07 June 2016 by Juliez
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The Problem with Secular Movies Is...
... "they are trying to find the antidote for the emptiness of existence."Before I was saved I was of the world. After I was saved I became not of the world.... Read more
The 07 June 2016 by Elizabethprata
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Dear Mormon Voters of the American West: Maybe You're the White Horse We've...
[Cross-posted to By Common Consent]Just forget about the White Horse Prophecy. It's a fun bit of Mormon folklore, but like most folklore it's fictitious... Read more
The 05 June 2016 by Russellarbenfox
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Trip Report, Lazarus' Visit in Heaven
I see so many books and even movies coming out recounting someone's trip to heaven. How exciting, they got to visit personally with Jesus! Read more
The 04 June 2016 by Elizabethprata
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Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips
Spring is here. In fact, it's almost gone. But the tulips remain in bloom. "Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me" was not written as a comedy song necessarily, but i... Read more
The 02 June 2016 by Humorinamerica
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Identities Formed By Trauma Are Still Valid
[Content note: mentions of sexual assault]A common way that people invalidate certain marginalized identities is to claim that they developed as a result of... Read more
The 01 June 2016 by Brute Reason
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Mid-Sized Meditations #12: Regional Cities and the Curse of "Glocality"
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic]One of the essential themes in my continuing study of and reflection upon the character and dilemmas of mid-sized cities i... Read more
The 25 May 2016 by Russellarbenfox
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My Husband Has Cheated. Now What?
"Mawwiage, the blessed arrangement, the dweam wifin a dweam", or so said "The Impressive Clergyman", if you remember the funny scene from the classic film The... Read more
The 21 May 2016 by Elizabethprata
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Global Inequality
image: scenes from Mumbai, April 2016Inequalities of wealth and income throughout the world have generated a great deal of attention in the past several years,... Read more
The 19 May 2016 by Dlittle30
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There is a Repentance That Does Not Count
Here is a lesson from James Montgomery Boice, the preacher and theologian from the mid-century last century. He is teaching from Hosea 6. The sermon is titled... Read more
The 14 May 2016 by Elizabethprata
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