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Recent content by PloverWing

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    Bible study online vs in person

    The advantage to meeting in person is the obvious one, that you get to be around other people. I've encountered two advantages to online study groups. 1) As you mention, it's nice for people who have long commutes, or who don't drive at night, or who have mobility issues, or who have young...
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    Jesse Jackson dies

    May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    Thanks for that homily! I'd never thought of the Transfiguration as paired with Gethsemane in that way.
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    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    In our lectionary, the gospel reading for the Last Sunday of Epiphany is always the Transfiguration, so I think I'm not getting the distinction here...
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    Hello Everyone!

    Welcome to CF! :wave:
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    Christian Music Icon Sandi Patty Calls on President Trump To Apologize to ‘America, Especially Black America’

    I'd settle for something like this: "I see now how offensive the video was, and I apologize for posting it. From now on, I will personally oversee anything that is posted in my name on Truth Social to ensure that nothing like this happens again." And then follow through. Repentance...
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    Christian Music Icon Sandi Patty Calls on President Trump To Apologize to ‘America, Especially Black America’

    Because of our particular history of racism and racist art in the US, the insult to the Obamas is deeper and more personal than the insults to Democrats in general. Not disagreeing with you about the other insults, mind you. But if apology is a possibility, the Obamas should get theirs first.
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    ‘Hellgate’: Kirk Cameron Says He ‘Caught Hell’ Over Eternal Conscious Torment Debate

    I don't know whether I agree with whatever Mr. Cameron's beliefs are about hell (videos are time-consuming, so I didn't watch it), but I emphatically agree with this: As Christians, as teachers, as parents, we have to engage the questions. Silencing the questions doesn't make the questions go...
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    My generation (Millennials) versus my mom's generation (Boomers)

    I'm a (young) Boomer, close to your mom's age. Yes, there are differences between coming of age in the 1960s/70s and coming of age in the 2000s, and those cultural differences help to shape us. But I don't think that conformity vs rebellion is one of those differences. Remember that lots of...
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    Hi my name is Linda Smith

    Welcome to CF! :wave:
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    First-ever LGBT judge in Texas county suspended after ordering attorney to be handcuffed, placed in jury box

    I hate the headline that Christian Post chose for its article. The judge may well have committed a crime; wiser folks than me, who know the law and who witnessed the incident, can sort that out. But I don't see that the incident had anything to do with the judge being gay. It's an unfortunate...
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    Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada

    I live near a river that divides my state from two neighboring states and is crossed by multiple toll bridges. Google is telling me that the bridge nearest me is owned, and tolls are collected, by a bi-state government agency that uses the tolls for various transportation purposes -- bridge...
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    Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada

    I had no idea toll bridges could be privately owned, with a private company profiting from the tolls. I thought the tolls all went to the transportation department of the state/city/province they were located in, to pay for bridge and road upkeep. Have to do some research now...
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    Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada

    Here's a free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/world/canada/bridge-owner-trump-lutnick.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVA.drsp.VY4UbipqH6ke&smid=url-share
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    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    Why copy and paste the texts? Surely we all own Bibles. The chapter-and-verse citations should be enough, and then the posts could be much shorter.