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Date: 12 Dec 2016
Comment: 2

The Sacred Encircled by Violence: Reflections from Standing Rock

Brittany Caine-Conley - Change the narrative. Extinguish the violence by protecting the sacred. Be a sacred protector.
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Date: 05 Dec 2016
Comment: 3

Loving Hymns Doesn’t Make You Smarter

Jeff Nelson - "Not everyone likes hymns. Period."
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Date: 28 Nov 2016
Comment: 6

Fighting Words

Patrick Duggan - I will focus on the role of progressive faith in bringing the fight to the death-dealing, planet-poisoning, poverty-making, divide-and-conquer politicking, coded spee
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Date: 01 Nov 2016
Comment: 1

A Story Every Woman Knows

Susan Foster - Many women live in fear every day, but violence cannot have the last word.
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Date: 25 Oct 2016
Comment: 2

Why the Children at My Church Don’t Have to Hug Me

Allen Marshall O'Brien - Six months ago, I made one small change in the way I interact with the kids in our church.
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New Sacred is where progressive religion and progressive culture collide. We feature writers from popular sites such as Huffington Post Religion, Religion Dispatches, and For Harriet, as they tackle the taboos of church culture, trending topics, and personal triumphs and tragedies.

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New Sacred aims to share diverse opinions about faith, culture, and the human experience. We encourage engaged comments and conversation on our blog. However; we will not tolerate emotionally or physically violent speech. We maintain the right to delete any comments we deem to fit within those categories.
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