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the Christian left, words of faith and love and hypocrisy ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
A short while ago, a Facebook page called ‘The Christian Left’ asked its members to help support a FB ad. There was an innocuous ad: Are you a Christian? Are you a Liberal or a Progressive too? Do you feel alone in the ‘Conservative Christian’ world? Join us. However, FB pulled it. “Negative user feedback.”…
labels ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Each year, in the summer graduate seminar I help direct, we do a roundtable about the cultures students bring with them into our classes. We try to invite different perspectives, highlighting cultural and social differences that may not be familiar to the teachers who attend. Today was that roundtable. Listening to the four panelists —…
bees, democracy and grace ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
A friend who knows my fascination with bees sent me a cool link the other day. It was about ‘democratic bees.’ Bees divide into new hives pretty frequently. But it’s not done, the article notes (and I’d read this before), by the queen. In fact, the queen just goes with where ever the bee scouts…
evildoers (& people who drive us crazy) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Some people drive me crazy. They have no idea…:) And I know it shouldn’t matter! What they believe, what they say, the stuff they post on FB or send in racist, homophobic emails masquerading as ‘ jokes’ (ha ha). ARGH! When this happens — and it does all too often — I think of a …
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