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Deb Conklin

Rev. Deb Conklin’s wheels are always turning. How can the church make the world a better place? How can it make Spokane better? Her passions are many, including social justice in the mainline tradition, emergence and the post-modern and missional church.
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Difficult Dialogue

When two people have axioms that are relatively similar, they can have meaningful conversation. But when two people have axioms that are radically different, they often just talk past one another, and both end up frustrated
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An Exclusive Christmas Eve

I attended the most disturbing Christmas Eve service that I have ever experienced, and it was, sadly, in the church where I am the pastor.
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How does the Jesus story influence today’s refugee story?

Instead of arguing that Jesus was not a refugee, we should be asking, how does his story inform our present situation?
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Spokane Becoming a “Healing Community”

Imagine Spokane as a community in which people who are arrested and/or incarcerated are not seen as bad, but as people of sacred worth who may have made mistakes.
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Reflecting on faith and politics

As some of the panelists pointed out, we cannot (and should not) try to keep values out of politics.
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Relational Wisdom

I found myself this week reflection on relational wisdom — the ability to bring a discerning heart, and patient grace, to difficult relationships.
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What does it mean to be called?

When most people think of a ‘call’ they think in terms of a call to formal ministry. And I have experienced that particular call.
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