02 John Pavlovitz – the pastor of the resistance

Donuts and the terrible problem of unlearning what you knew.

John and Brian exchange ideas of not obeying all the laws in the Bible as written. Cause, modernity.
John is “the pastor of the resistance.” He became a “name” after getting fired from the church at which he worked after publishing an open letter to his children that he would love them even if they are gay. He is amazing.

It’s o.k. to seek love.

Beloved reader, I am redoing the rotb.org website.  Again. Why am I redoing the website again? Because a website older than (blank) years is (blank minus one) years overdue for a facelift.  (The standard is three years for small sites and six years for large sites.)  ✧✧✧ While placing into the background a composite grid, 15 wide by five tall,

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Apple-Banana-Cap

An apple, a banana, and a baseball cap.🍎🍌🧢 ✧✧✧  I arrive at the wedding venue super early. My preference, always, is to arrive early, find the couple, and let them see that I’m on site. (It usually calms them down.) But, today, I’m super, super early. The couple haven’t even arrived yet. “You the photographer?” I ask a man pulling

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Deleted Scenes from the Book of Jonah.

A few weeks ago, in writing to you about the High Holy Day services, I referenced stopping the telling the story of the fish-dwelling prophet, Jonah in order to read to two-year old Nora. I thought, “Hey, I know what would make a good article! A fuller, playful retelling of the Book of Jonah.” But, then I read what I

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