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I Can’t Breathe and the Widow’s Cry—A Guest Post
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Fellow saint and sinner Saskia de Vries is a neuroscientist in Seattle, Washington and has posted before at this intersection between God and life. She, like so many of us, is grappling with the tragedies of Eric Garner and Michael Brown and the larger systemic problem they seem to reveal—namely, a pattern of police brutality…
Happy Belated Birthday, Martin Luther King!
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Kristina Robb-Dover
It’s because I’m black, isn’t it? I had just refused his request for money outside Barnes & Noble, my daughter in one arm, my son at my side, our arms laden with their new gift card purchases in the form of a zoo Playmobil and a Lord of the Rings lego set, compliments of their…
Was Jesus Racist? Weird Sayings Continued…
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Kristina Robb-Dover
“A Canaanite woman from [Tyre and Sidon] came out and shouted, ‘Have pity on me, son of David! My daughter is demon-possessed! She’s in a bad way!’ Jesus, however, said nothing at all to her. His disciples came up. ‘Please send her away!,’ they asked. ‘She’s shouting after us.’ ‘I was only sent,’ replied Jesus,…
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