When a parking ticket spirals into homelessness
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** How local governments punish poor people with fines
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When a parking ticket spirals into homelessness
by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
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** A barbershop births a church of drug users, ex-cons, and homeless folks
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Others have given up on them, but not God.
by Jason Byassee
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** The precarious position of evangelical women celebrities in the church
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“These women are a puzzle hidden in plain sight.”
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A sneak peek at the CC staff’s Christmas gift list
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** Big mistakes
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Nobody sits around wondering what their life's besetting sin is going to be. Maybe we should.
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** Living by the Word for Advent, December 1
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It’s troubling to imagine the Son of man arriving with criminal intent.
by Matthew Johnson
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** Trump’s new refugee limits are senseless and destructive
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We already have the infrastructure to resettle far more refugees than the administration is letting in.
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** Politics, parenting, and other secular things we put our faith in
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We’re religious about lots of things, says David Zahl. Just not God.
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** The impossible, essential task of writing poetry after Auschwitz
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Bearing witness, challenging God, voicing lament
by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner
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** Standing in the remains of the death camps in Poland
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I was outraged. I wanted to burn it all down. I wanted to pray.
by Jane Charney
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