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I recently read Rebecca’s Revival by Jon F. Sensbach, a professor of history at the University of Florida. Rebecca Freundlich Protten was the first ordained black woman in Western Christianity (she was ordained in Europe). Born in Africa, enslaved in the Caribbean, she eventually made her way to St. Thomas, was set free (probably) because…

Here is our press release for Embracing Grace: A gospel for all of us , by “all” I mean for all Christians and for each part of us (heart, soul, mind, strength).

Fasting at the time of Jesus had nothing to do with health, and everything to do with hastening the Kingdom of God by physically embodying one’s intense yearning for God to establish his will. Fasting also had to do with consecration for the High Holidays, like Yom Kippur. Overall, though, fasting is the physical expression…

A good piece by Joseph Epstein, America’s finest essayist, in Commentary magazine, discusses the fate of newspapers. As you may know, the most sophisticated newspapers — who did try to do things objectively and discriminately — are nearly all, like home made ice cream, stuck on a garage shelf and collecting layers of dust. There…

From Michael Russell, who hails from College Station, TX:

Allan Bevere, a professor friend, publishes this AP story: stranger than fiction he suggests. Town May Make Carrying Condoms Mandatory

I have lots of catching up to do, since I missed an entire week of readng other blogs while we were in Mexico (where my son learned to walk on water). But, here’s some stuff I found this week that may interest you, too. I admit I’ve got a little too much here, but there…

I don’t blog much on Saturdays and Sundays. But, I’ve been away and now it is all spilling out. So… here’s a bit to read on defining memoirs.

I wrote this in a Comment box back on David Fitch’s last chp. But, what I’m wondering is what resources there are for this sort of thing: David’s last chp has sent my mind reeling a few times in the last two days, and it has wandered into this thought: what is the long-term impact,…

David Fitch’s book, The Great Giveaway, as been featured and discussed in many ways on this blog for two weeks, and David has been a “good guy” in listening. Now he responds, and I think you can say this is the way to have a conversation. I thank David for this and for his fine…
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