The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz

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Stopping The Self-Violence of Social Media
Social media is slowly killing us right now.
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You Raised Me To Be A Good Person. Now, You Support Donald Trump.
To My Loved Ones,
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I'm a White American. I Don't Want Trump's White America.
I am a person of profound privilege.
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Silence is a Statement Now, and Here's What It's Saying
The volume of the monsters is unavoidable right now.
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For Those Who Hurt on Mother's Day
Mother's Day.
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Mother's Day Should Be a Woman's Choice
Mother's Day should not be compulsory for any woman.
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Immigrants and Trans Kids Aren't a Threat to America. Those Vilifying Them Are.
Last night our family went to our town’s monthly festival.
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A Mother's Day Hell, From the GOP
Today, as Mother’s Day Weekend began, I watched the sickening video of a hysterical 16-year-old girl with her face smashed into the pavement by police…
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No, the Right Doesn't Hate the New Pope. They Hate His Jesus.
The Catholic Church chose Robert Prevost as its new pope in the wake of the recent passing of Pope Francis.
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Here's Why Public School Teachers Are Amazing—and Why They Deserve to Be Celebrated and Defended
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Shiloh Hendrix, White Christianity, and The Reward of Racism in America
Shiloh Hendrix, a white woman from Rochester, Minnesota, was caught on camera in a local park playground using the N-word toward a 5-year-old Black…
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5 Ways to Give Fascism a Middle Finger
Fascism is here.
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