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Whosoever January/February 2009
Issue Theme: Show me your ways, O LORD
Featured Articles:
Dancing With God
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
You know how to you make God laugh?
Tell him your plans.
"We Got Next"
By: Lori Heine
"Show me Your ways, O Lord," says our Scripture verse for this issue. Though a good many Bible-beaters will never be persuaded otherwise, these crazy, screaming, riotously-fun Mercury games were the way God used - I am fully convinced - to show me, at long last, who I really am.
Where Are You Going?
By: Rev. Vera I. Bourne
Sometimes I will pick up a book and there will be the plan God has for me just awaiting my attention. Other times I find it in Scripture, or in a meditation or even a novel. But one thing I do know - if I am ready to listen, God will speak, and speak so clearly that there is no mistaking that direction.
Stop Supporting Religious Prejudice
By: Bob Minor
Let's stop treating religious institutions, beliefs, and attitudes that promote peoples' prejudices as if they are sacred and beyond protest. Let's stop letting people wield crosses, books, and other religious symbols to silence our voices.
Three Reasons to not Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
By: Richard Molling
Many people have very strong emotional feelings about gay or same-sex marriage and strident rhetoric is often the result of venting those feelings. Rather than succumbing to my feelings, this article is my attempt to prompt others to engage in a logical thought process with a focus on reason, while maintaining an open mind and an open heart.
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He is Risen!
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
-Mark 16:6 (NIV)
What do we mean when we say Christ is Risen? Is it important for us to believe in a literal, physical resurrection or can we believe in a spiritual resurrection? Will we eject other believers from the fold if they don't believe as we do? Can there be a diversity of belief among God's children?
What do we mean when we say, "He is risen"? What does it mean to believe in a resurrected Lord? How does this affect how we live? How does this affect how we believe?
We'll explore these questions and more in the March/April 2009 issue of Whosoever. If you would like to write on this topic, or any other topic, please send an email to the editor.
Deadline: February 21, 2009
As they have done the past two years, 17 young adults will pile onto a bus and visit 15 conservative Christian colleges around the country. Zak Rittenhouse is taking part in this year's 
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