I'm probably less sure now than I was 7 years ago about whether the Sunday School hour in most Christian churches is the best type of small group. It was the type I was most familiar with then. Now, I'd say the main requirement isn't location or time of meeting, but the ability to speak very freely about a challenging range of topics. Today, that range would include double-standards and miscarriages of justice from the halls of Congress to local district attorneys offices. Any small group that cannot handle conversations like that fails to achieve its mission. And any notion that conversations like that have no place within the church fundamentally misrepresents what "church" should be.
101: The Limited Validity of Authorial Intent
100: Evolution of #IC
99: Drama Without a Script
98: Planning the Road to Nowhere
97: Any One Being Ashamed
96: Fighting To End Fighting
95: Calling Your Shot
94: The Missionary 'Position' is Local
93: Poetry Providing Perspective
92: Open Door policy with the Boss
91: Putting Up or Shutting Up
90: Moments of Epiphany
89: Communicating with Kids in an Adult Way
88: The Perspective of Growing Up
87: Used Record Stores and a Healthy Aquarium
86: The Heart of the Matter
85: What it Means to Worship
84: Birth Control Yourself
83: Being a Tree on World Storytelling Day
82: Pandering from a Political Pulpit
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