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And when we discover that, we will be able to make of this old world a new world. Love is the only way.” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry This weekend, many of us were stirred in our Spirit during the sermon spoken by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. 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Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/14/palestinians-are-in-hell-fundagelicals-celebrate-this-is-why/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Palestinians are in Hell, Fundagelicals Celebrate. This is Why.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> May 14, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/14/palestinians-are-in-hell-fundagelicals-celebrate-this-is-why/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/05/palestine-gaza-strip-in-2015-678981_1280-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>Today the world is split into two sides. You’re either celebrating with Israel or mourning with the Palestinians, as the Trump regime has officially established the US Embassy in Jerusalem. If it were ten years ago and I was still a Fundagelical Christian (a term representing fundamental and/or evangelical Christianity), I would be celebrating today. How could that be? How could I possibly have felt any joy today, while also knowing the death and injured toll, which includes innocent children?... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/14/palestinians-are-in-hell-fundagelicals-celebrate-this-is-why/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/anti-christ">Anti-Christ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/gaza">Gaza</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/john-nelson-darby">John Nelson Darby</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/left-behind">Left Behind</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/rapture">Rapture</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/second-coming">Second Coming</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/trump">trump</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/us-embassy">US Embassy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/west-bank">West Bank</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/zionism">Zionism</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1148" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1148 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics category-spirituality tag-christianity tag-donald-trump tag-evangelical tag-google tag-google-search tag-jesus-christ tag-john-mccain tag-theocracy" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">May 9, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/09/signs-of-our-times-google-results-when-i-searched-evangelicals-are/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Signs of Our Times: Google Results When I Searched “Evangelicals Are”.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> May 9, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/09/signs-of-our-times-google-results-when-i-searched-evangelicals-are/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/05/office-625893__480-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>This morning I was researching the Puritans of the 1600’s and 1700’s. I was curious about their belief system as their goal was to transform America into a nation adhering to their view of Christianity. They too were engaged in a culture war, just as evangelicals have been and are currently. I wondered if anyone else has made this comparison, so I began to google “evangelicals are the new Puritans.” However, I didn’t get that far. I only typed “evangelicals... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/09/signs-of-our-times-google-results-when-i-searched-evangelicals-are/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/politics">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/spirituality">Spirituality</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/christianity">christianity</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/evangelical">evangelical</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/google">google</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/google-search">google search</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus-christ">jesus christ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/john-mccain">John McCain</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/theocracy">theocracy</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1130" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1130 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts category-spirituality tag-betrayal tag-church tag-jesus tag-misfits tag-peace tag-rise-up tag-sinners tag-trump" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">May 3, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/03/peace-church/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Peace, Church.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> May 3, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/03/peace-church/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/05/pexels-photo-816233-e1525359320977-350x350.jpeg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>I know there are so many of you who have been hurt by the church. Not all churches, but, you know the kind. The kind where everything about you is held to a Christian merit system. The ones that hold religious law above love. The type where if you fail, you receive judgment, gossip, shame, guilt, or shunning. I know how it feels. I know how much strength it has taken for me to simply have a glass of wine... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/05/03/peace-church/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/arts">Arts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/spirituality">Spirituality</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/betrayal">betrayal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/church">church</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus">jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/misfits">misfits</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/peace">peace</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/rise-up">rise up</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/sinners">sinners</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/trump">trump</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1109" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1109 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts category-spirituality tag-awana tag-christ tag-crown tag-crown-of-jewels tag-deconstruction tag-elizabeth-gilbert tag-false-doctrine tag-false-theology tag-five-crowns tag-gospel tag-jesus tag-jewels tag-prosperity-gospel tag-trumpism tag-white-evangelicals" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">April 26, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/26/no-jesus-never-said-we-could-earn-jewels-for-our-future-gold-crown/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">No, Jesus Never Said We Could Earn Jewels For Our Future Gold Crown.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> April 26, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/26/no-jesus-never-said-we-could-earn-jewels-for-our-future-gold-crown/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/04/crown-2468268__480-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>It has been a little over seven years that I hit the reset button on my religion, and still to this day I find theological beliefs in my psyche that have no biblical basis. The deconstruction never ends. There seems to be more to unlearn the deeper I go. Just yesterday I remembered being taught that we would receive a crown in heaven as a reward for following Christ, and we could earn jewels by doing good works, in this... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/26/no-jesus-never-said-we-could-earn-jewels-for-our-future-gold-crown/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/arts">Arts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/spirituality">Spirituality</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/awana">Awana</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/christ">christ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/crown">crown</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/crown-of-jewels">crown of jewels</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/deconstruction">deconstruction</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/elizabeth-gilbert">Elizabeth Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/false-doctrine">false doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/false-theology">false theology</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/five-crowns">five crowns</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/gospel">Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus">jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jewels">jewels</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/prosperity-gospel">prosperity gospel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/trumpism">Trumpism</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/white-evangelicals">white evangelicals</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1094" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1094 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-humanities tag-agnostic tag-atheist tag-buddhism tag-christianity tag-elitism tag-jehovahs-witness tag-jesus tag-mother-theresa tag-muslim tag-religion tag-wicca" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">April 18, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/18/on-being-an-agnostic-student-of-jesus-christ/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">On Being an Agnostic Student of Jesus Christ.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> April 18, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/18/on-being-an-agnostic-student-of-jesus-christ/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/04/pexels-photo-247195-350x350.jpeg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“What do you mean you are an agnostic student of Jesus Christ?” I am often asked. Let’s face it, none of us know what is going on. None of us have concrete, absolute, observable proof of our faith or lack there of. I cannot commit to belief in one thing, nor can I commit to belief in nothing, which is why I define as an agnostic. I’ve had seasons of both, being a Christian, and being an atheist. While both... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/18/on-being-an-agnostic-student-of-jesus-christ/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/humanities">Humanities</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/agnostic">agnostic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/atheist">atheist</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/christianity">christianity</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/elitism">elitism</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jehovahs-witness">Jehovah's Witness</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus">jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/mother-theresa">Mother Theresa</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/muslim">muslim</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/religion">religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/wicca">Wicca</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1051" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1051 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts tag-art tag-artists tag-franklin-graham tag-gospels tag-jesus tag-parable tag-progressive tag-writers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">April 9, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/09/jesus-the-artist-man-can-corrupt-religion-not-art/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Jesus, the Artist: Man Can Corrupt Religion, Not Art.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> April 9, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/09/jesus-the-artist-man-can-corrupt-religion-not-art/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/04/pexels-photo-917597-350x350.jpeg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“Every great love starts with a great story…” Nicholas Sparks We all love stories. I haven’t met a human that doesn’t. Whether our stories entertain us through movies, books, TV shows, fine art, or lyrics, it is one thread of life that we all spin. Humanity has evolved through messages brought through this simple yet divine act of storytelling. The meaning derived depends on the listener, yet, an artistic story is near impossible to corrupt because art isn’t so... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/04/09/jesus-the-artist-man-can-corrupt-religion-not-art/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/arts">Arts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/art">art</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/artists">artists</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/franklin-graham">Franklin Graham</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/gospels">gospels</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus">jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/parable">parable</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/progressive">progressive</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/writers">writers</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1017" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1017 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-bible tag-easter tag-ella-foster tag-faith-healing tag-harper-lee tag-holy-bible tag-holy-spirit tag-jesus tag-liberal-christians tag-progressive-christianity tag-resurrection" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">March 27, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/27/the-gift-of-easter-jesus-gave-us-the-holy-spirit-not-the-bible/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">The Gift of Easter: Jesus Gave Us the Holy Spirit, Not the Bible.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> March 27, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/27/the-gift-of-easter-jesus-gave-us-the-holy-spirit-not-the-bible/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/03/pexels-photo-208216-350x350.jpeg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” Harper Lee-To Kill a Mockingbird I was a Christian for 23 years before I ever actually read the Bible. Sure, I was a whiz... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/27/the-gift-of-easter-jesus-gave-us-the-holy-spirit-not-the-bible/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/bible">bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/easter">easter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/ella-foster">Ella Foster</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/faith-healing">faith healing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/harper-lee">Harper lee</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/holy-bible">Holy Bible</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/holy-spirit">holy spirit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/jesus">jesus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/liberal-christians">liberal christians</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/progressive-christianity">progressive christianity</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/resurrection">resurrection</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-996" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-996 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-james-dobson tag-john-lennon tag-john-oliver tag-lgbtq tag-marlon-bundo tag-mike-pence" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">March 21, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/21/buy-this-book-and-use-humor-to-resist-mike-pence-and-support-lgbtq/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Buy This Book and Use Humor to Resist Mike Pence and Support LGBTQ</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> March 21, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/21/buy-this-book-and-use-humor-to-resist-mike-pence-and-support-lgbtq/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/03/Marlon-Bundo-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.” John Lennon Understandably, there are many of us in America who have every right to be angry, and we don’t... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/21/buy-this-book-and-use-humor-to-resist-mike-pence-and-support-lgbtq/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Progressive Christian channel-link=https://www.patheos.com/Progressive-Christian> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/category/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/james-dobson">James Dobson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/john-oliver">john oliver</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/marlon-bundo">marlon bundo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/tag/mike-pence">mike pence</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-983" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-983 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-arts tag-bible tag-bigotry tag-christianity tag-creation tag-evolution tag-ex-believer tag-ex-evangelical tag-genesis tag-god tag-jesus tag-losing-religion tag-love tag-noah" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/blogs/kimberlystover/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">March 19, 2018</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/19/goodbye-god-final-letter-god-used-believe/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Goodbye, God: A Final Letter to the God I Used To Believe In.</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> March 19, 2018 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/author/kstover/"><span itemprop="author">Kimberly Stover</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kimberlystover/2018/03/19/goodbye-god-final-letter-god-used-believe/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/781/2018/03/girl-2934257__480-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>Dear God I once believed in, Hello old “friend”, it’s me again. Today, I come to you for the last time. Today, I say goodbye because I don’t know you anymore. I never really did. Since the beginning of our relationship, you’ve been fading out in my mind. I tried to hold on to you with every breath I had, and yet still, I have watched you slowly dissolve like fog into the sun. 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