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Categories: Letters 2023

June 16, 2023

Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who wept over the death of a friend, and who I imagine is weeping still over how we continue to treat one another. June is Pride Month, and it couldn’t come fast enough. On Wednesday the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination with around 50,000 churches and 16 million members, voted overwhelmingly to oust two churches because they had women pastors...

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Categories: Letters 2023

May 30, 2023

Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who began a movement to change the world. Since then, Christianity has changed and grown and diversified.  Lately, though, I hear more about Christian Nationalism and strident views than I do about a religion based on a compassionate God who loves the world and everyone in it. So, I wrote something this morning that I have been thinking about for a long time.  I share it with you first...

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