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“Both/And”
I can remember the first time I heard the phrase “Both/And” in a religious setting. I was huddled among moderate Baptists with whom I...
Brandon Billings
Oct 1, 20163 min read
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The Sheep Pen
Occasionally in my read through scriptures, a phrase will leap out at me and remain present throughout the rest of my reading, almost a...
Brandon Billings
Sep 13, 20162 min read
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Ideologies
My Facebook page serves as a sample of the global community in which I live. I have carefully maintained a broad spectrum of “friends”-...
Brandon Billings
May 12, 20162 min read
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Consent vs. Control
Its been a while since I have felt compelled to post my thoughts. Perhaps it was the wonderful anticipation of a new granddaughter,...
Brandon Billings
May 5, 20164 min read
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Confessions
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish...
Brandon Billings
Feb 29, 20163 min read
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Reincarnation
I am certain that the title of this post caught the attention of my evangelical Christian friends, though that was not my intention. The...
Brandon Billings
Feb 18, 20163 min read
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Hero Worship and MLK,Jr. Day
I still have a knot in my throat and a certain sorrow in my heart after a weekend with Martin Luther King, Jr. Actually it was a couple...
Brandon Billings
Jan 18, 20166 min read
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Leaving Well Enough Alone
As I continue my lifelong journey of taking scripture by the throat, choking every ounce of truth from it, I run the risk of drawing ire...
Brandon Billings
Jan 9, 20163 min read
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Narnia and Nationalism
Respectfully though ironic, their plea sounds much like what I would have imagined was offered by Native Americans, when those same lands...
Brandon Billings
Jan 5, 20166 min read
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New Wine Requires New Wine Skins
Most sincere in my belief, though somewhat less confident in both my walk and my skill as a theologian, I now often meditate on the...
Brandon Billings
Dec 29, 20156 min read
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Love and Community
For some time now, I have wanted to unpack my thoughts on the celebration of communion. This past Saturday as I sat in a Catholic...
Brandon Billings
Dec 10, 20154 min read
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A Transformational Moment
This morning I felt compelled to expand upon my thoughts as I began a read through Galatians. Actually, I have delayed responding for...
Brandon Billings
Dec 1, 20153 min read
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Sentimental, Heretical or Whole?
I probably should have written this earlier this a.m. as I lay in bed pondering just where I might be in my faith. Often as the weary...
Brandon Billings
Nov 24, 20153 min read
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One Day
Aging is a phenomenal journey as it provides an ever increasing knowledge of people and circumstances. Daily the void of understanding is...
Brandon Billings
Sep 6, 20152 min read
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You Will Be There
It seems that writing is becoming the natural response to my ever lengthening ritual of morning devotions. I can hardly awake early...
Brandon Billings
Aug 30, 20154 min read
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A Friend of God
This morning my family and a back yard full of friends prepare to celebrate the first year of John Luther’s life. He was actually born...
Brandon Billings
Aug 29, 20153 min read
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Oh, The Donkeys We Ride!
“The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and...
Brandon Billings
Aug 28, 20151 min read
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Progressive Revelation
Whether anything will ever come of my writing is becoming less and less significant. The conviction of my heart rather, did I honestly...
Brandon Billings
Aug 18, 20154 min read
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“The Family of the Unsandaled”
The above language from Deuteronomy 25:10 stood out this a.m.in my annual read through scripture. Whether such a linear devotional...
Brandon Billings
Aug 15, 20152 min read
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An Interfaith Experience
Saturday was quite the day for me, given my tendency to be overly concerned with what folk think of me. I awoke early to the criticism of...
Brandon Billings
Aug 10, 20153 min read
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