The words we aren’t just their definitions. Emotions ride their coattails and the truth can be obscured by the political truths we avoid.

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Some treat the word “controversial” as neutral. But it is anything but. It is entirely based on the common act of determining what’s right.

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When we think there is only one thing (solution, answer, problem, thing to focus on) we miss exactly what is causing our frustration.

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In the US, we treat every issue as being in need of simplifying—through this we can uncover an essential truth. We couldn’t be more wrong.

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In which I talk about the way we talk and define what it means to be Christian and who wants to silence and disappear its diversity.

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In a bishop’s sermon, the unhinged response, and the completely normal need to make things normal (we’re normal, right?) we might squeeze a glimpse of truth.

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In the person of William Temple, we have the example of courage, vision, and the wisdom to shape the world after World War II.

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In the celebration of All Saints Day, we are given the chance to demystify the the life and work of the people we lift up, to see what we too are capable of.

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