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6th Sunday of Easter — May 6, 2018
Acts 10:44-48; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 Easter 6B Could the Gentiles, even the Gentiles, be our friends? Friends for whom we..
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What’s right about Fox Chapel?
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church — Pittsburgh The CHIP insurance plan in today’s news had its start in 1984 at Fox Chapel. When..
Future Home of the Living God: A Novel
Louise Erdrich HarperCollins, 288 pages Reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith White liberalism. Roman Catholic theology. Native American displacement. Women’s rights. Cross-cultural adoption...
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Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White Christians Talk Faithfully about Racism
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2018 GA bulletin inserts
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