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.
85: What it Means to Worship
84: Birth Control Yourself
83: Being a Tree on World Storytelling Day
82: Pandering from a Political Pulpit
81: Singing a Song for Lovers
80: Revelation Weekend
79: A Farewell Address from the Mountaintop
78: Why 'Radical' and Not Just 'Moderate'
77: Sportsmanship is How to Play the Game
76: Rudolph, the Audio Commentary
75: Reason, but no Rhyme, to Poetry
74: Adoption as Heroism
73: Plenty To Protest
72: Truth or Consequences for Christians
71: Breast Deduction
70: Minding Your P's and Q's, Part 2
69: Reasons Not to Trust Our ‘Pure’ View of Puritans
68: After The Attacks on 9/11/2001
67: Making the World Safe for Kids?
66: Child’s Play and Imagination
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