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How a pacifist can celebrate Memorial Day
Self-sacrifice is honorable, and we can honor those who have fallen as having noble intentions, without endorsing the wars the heads of state have…
May 31
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Jonny Rashid
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Why naming Tim Keller’s sexism and transphobia isn’t dancing on his grave
If we aren’t honest about the legacies of people who have died, we are not remembering them.
May 24
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Jonny Rashid
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Taylor Swift helps us look back our eras, holding our love and pain together
In a tireless three-and-a-half-hour performance, Swift chronicles her own history as a musician, claiming back her songs and triumphing through the pain…
May 17
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Jonny Rashid
The impulse to “both sides” matters of oppression is a byproduct of whiteness
In the U.S., we have an impulse to treat “sides” of issues that existentially threaten people as if they are one and the same, here’s why that is wrong.
May 10
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Jonny Rashid
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David Bazan shows us how to move from lost faith into something new
Playing as Pedro the Lion, the post-Christian rocker shows us how to gain our hope back after cynicism subsumed him.
May 3
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Jonny Rashid
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April 2023
Highlighting Jesus’ words in red doesn’t “fix” the Bible
To appreciate the text, we need to learn that it has authority as a whole, not as individual books or verses.
Apr 27
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Jonny Rashid
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Russell Moore is wrong: Christian liberation and nationalism are not two sides of the same coin
The Christianity Today editor-in-chief thinks that liberationism and nationalism trade integrity for ideology, power for principles. But he is dead…
Apr 19
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Jonny Rashid
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I’m on Substack’s Notes!
A new way for writers and readers to connect.
Apr 14
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Jonny Rashid
The books I didn’t keep
They represent conflicts, relational fallouts, and even harm to me and that I’ve inflicted. So there’s pain and sorrow in the books. They are necessary…
Apr 12
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Jonny Rashid
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So long Circle of Hope, and thanks for all the songs
I've been a part of the same faith community since I was an undergraduate at Temple. It has grown me into the person I am today. I go in peace with…
Apr 5
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Jonny Rashid
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March 2023
Jesus' disciples are the oppressed and the oppressed are his Jesus' disciples
Commentators wonder if "the least of these" in Matthew 25 refers to the oppressed or Jesus' disciples. The answer is both.
Mar 29
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Jonny Rashid
The War in Iraq and how it led to resilience in my faith
Twenty years ago, the invasion of Iraq was popular in the U.S. across the political spectrum. Opposition to it was seeing an un-American and…
Mar 22
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Jonny Rashid
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