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Today was my first monthly blogging gig over at Emergent Village’s new multiblogger site on Patheos. I’m grateful to be asked to join, because as I mention in this first post<\/a> (which is admittedly a weird calling card with which to announce myself) it is depressingly unusual these days for evangelicals to invite Mormons to the table as equal conversation partners. I’m so grateful to my friends in the Emergent movement who are willing to look past labels. I hope the blog can be a great place for me to learn and to grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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