Blogaround

Three little dogs dressed as Hogwarts students, in a wagon that says "Hogwarts Railways." Image source.

1. US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science (posted October 30) "Political attempts to pigeonhole people have nothing to do with science and everything to do with stripping away rights and recognition from those whose identity does not correspond with outdated ideas of sex and gender."

2. Nazi and KKK memorabilia were sold at a Kentucky gun show. Officials say it won’t happen again. (posted October 31)

3. Honoring Pittsburgh synagogue victims, Pence appears with ‘rabbi’ who preaches ‘Jesus is the Messiah’ (posted October 30) Ugh, yeah that seems like something he would do.

4. The inherent deception of Messianic Judaism (posted October 30) "This “add Hebrew and stir” approach to Christianity is the worst kind of anti-semitism, because it pretends to be a friend to Jewish people; pretends to have their best interests at heart."

5. Eugene Peterson, author of ‘The Message’ and pastor to other pastors, dies at age 85 (posted October 22)

6. On Not Seeing Christ in the Stranger (posted October 11) "In short, the vision in Matthew 25 is one where people are welcomed for themselves and not as a proxy for receiving Christ. That revelation comes later, as a shock."

7. Power and pow’r (posted October 23) "In Isaiah 1, it is God who finds all this blood and bloody imagery 'problematic.'"

8. Why I’m Not Scared of Migrants Who Are “Gang-Aged Males” (posted October 31) "By this metric, I have four brothers who are 'gang-aged males.'"

9. Autism & Late Diagnosis: I Wish I'd Known - Sensory Processing (posted November 7)

10. Pennsylvania Mural Highlights Migrants Who Were Traumatized in ‘Family Prison’ (posted November 3) [content note: mention of attempted suicide] 

11. Women put 'I voted' stickers on Susan B. Anthony's grave (posted November 6)