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  • Defining ‘nation’: Guest Post

    Reblogged from Faith and Values in the Public Square: Prompted by our “Insert Catchy Title Here” debate between Dr. Michael Trice and Rabbi Anson Laytner, David Bell responds to the topic discussing the idea of nation and what it means… Continue reading

  • Pilgrimage

    November 24, 2013 I walked off the plane and through two security doors leading to the public area of the airport.  Being one of the last to exit the prop plane that flies between Seattle and Yakima, my friend’s spouses… Continue reading

  • Allow the Doorway to Decay?

    November 17, 2013 Martin Marty wrote an article for Sightings called Mormons and Native Americans.  He uses and article by Fernanda Santos, in The New York Times, where she talks about Navajo people reclaiming their roots thanks to the Mormon… Continue reading

  • The Conquest and Christianity

    Doug Smith does a wonderful job of giving us a bit of history on the great Indian advocate Bartholomew de las Casas. I find the text (Eccl:34) de las Casas chose for his birthday text appropriate in a modern context… Continue reading