Category: Faith Traditions Column
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Single Pastors
I revived an old blog post for this September 2013 column on single pastors and employment. Read more
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Bringing the “color of Christ” to Local Paper
Drawing on the fabulous book, The Color of Christ, by Ed Blum and Paul Harvey, in August I published this local column on different cultural conceptions of Jesus Christ. Read more
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LGBTQ Rights and Religion
Check out my column on LGBTQ rights and expanding religious support. Read more
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Divisions in Baptist Faith
Read my June column about schisms that have affected the Baptist church in the United States. Read more
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History of First Methodist
In April, my column focused on the local congregation of First Methodist in Nacogdoches. Read more
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Faith Traditions: A Monthly Column
In April, I started writing columns for the Daily Sentinel, the Nacogdoches, Texas, newspaper. I’m pretty proud of my little column, so I’m going to share the monthly installments here. The emphasis is on regional religious culture and the diversity of experiences that define that culture. My audience is a circulation of 9000 in East… Read more
Charity Rakestraw, PhD, MEd 