Answering Your Questions - Part Six

bubandpie asks: Which of your theological beliefs is one you’d be most likely to avoid mentioning at church?
In my denomination’s liberal congregations, I sometimes feel that it is only the bland niceness of my personality that keeps everybody from grabbing a pitchfork and chasing me out of the sanctuary, yelling “Begone, bigot!” [...]

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Answering Your Questions - Part Five

Thank you all for the kind wishes on my pregnancy. So far, so good.
I am a little swamped right now finishing things up for my class (I have two take-home tests to complete, and then I am done), but I wanted to finish answering your questions.
Melanie at BeanPaste, after ribbing me about calling [...]

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Answering Your Questions - Part Four

Luisa asks: With which woman in the Bible do you most identify, and why?
Probably Tamar, as I understand her. I prayed for a long time that God would teach me the faithfulness and determination of Tamar. That prayer resulted in me renewing my commitment to my troubled denomination and taking a more [...]

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Answering Your Questions - Part Three

My father tells an old political joke whose punchline is an old lady saying, “Oh, I never vote. It only encourages them.”
This is pretty much the same reason you should never ask a blogger questions about herself.
But you did. You asked me a bunch of questions and now I have an excuse to [...]

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Your Questions - Part Two

Today I continue to answer your questions, in whatever order appeals to me.
Lesley asks: If you could change something about yourself (as a person) what would it be?
Most of my big lessons learned since motherhood began have been about accepting grace for my limitations, so this one is tricky. Hmm. I guess that’s [...]

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