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Heather Caliri: Awkward Christian

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structural racism

abuse

I Wish We Were More Honest About Abuse

August 2, 2017 //  by Heather

[Trigger warning: Conversation about abuse. ] Can we talk about a big clobber word? Abuse. Also, its derivatives: abusive and abuser. They’re ugly words, kind of like the word racist or rape. Be an abusive parent, and you might get your kids taken away, or, at the very least, be shamed and ostracized. Abuse is horrible, horrifying, beyond the pale. I’ve experienced abuse a few …

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Sin

Beliefs I Wish Weren’t True: Sins of the Fathers Part 1

April 18, 2016 //  by Heather

First, let’s get this verse out of the way. Quickly. “The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.” Numbers 14:18, ESV This verse …

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