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The Devangelical Guide to Adam and Eve
Meet Adam. Adam was the first human, placed in the Garden of Eden as a fully developed white man in order to rule over the animals and to have meaningful conversations with God. He needed no...
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Introducing the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Program (Recovery has never...
Devangelist Erika Rae When I was a freshman at the Christian college, a guy I knew got busted for a beer bender down the street in the Taco Bell parking lot. In addition to being tortured at the hands...
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Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide: Step 1 – Admit it, You’ve Got Issues
(Read Intro to Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide here.) Step 1: Admit it, you’ve got issues. Devangelist Erika Rae will show you her issues if you will show her yours. Ask some people what they did...
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Devangelical 11-Step Recovery Guide: Step 2 – Sanity Is An Option…Right?
Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step One: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues ____________________ Devangelist Erika Rae...not so sure about the status of her own sanity....
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Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide: Step 3 – Get Over It, Why Don’t You
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? ___________________ This is the...
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Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide: Step 4 – Make a List
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? * Step 3: Make a Choice to Get Over...
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Interview with Donna Johnson, Author of Holy Ghost Girl
This week I had the opportunity to chat with Donna Johnson about her recent book, Holy Ghost Girl. Holy Ghost Girl is a beautiful and provocative book about faith and betrayal growing up on the tent...
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Survival Guide: Step 5 – Share Your List, or Why I Love Whores
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? * Step 3: Make a Choice to Get Over...
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Dwayne’s World, or How I Accidentally Joined a Cult
I was used to seeing Dwayne in a shabby pair of blue coveralls and a large ring of keys around his wrist, so it was with some measure of surprise when I met him at his apartment door that first time...
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Survival Guide: Step 6 – Be Willing to Forgive, or Please Suffer from Diarrhea
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? * Step 3: Make a Choice to Get Over...
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Youth Group Games Gone Bad: Finocide, Part 1
To be a good Youth Pastor you’ve got to be a good speaker. Choose a good metaphor, hit it home with some key Bible verses and you’re a success. To be a great Youth Pastor, however, you have to take the...
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The Mission Trip, Part 1
It happened once upon a time in Mexico. It was summer vacation and a whopping 30 of us from the Youth Group had amazingly convinced our parents to let Mark and Richard take turns driving us down to El...
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Youth Group Games Gone Bad: Finocide, Part 2
First Read Youth Group Games Gone Bad: Finocide, Part 1 …The mayhem that ensued could not possibly be duplicated unless by a natural disaster. Kids were climbing over kids, pushing heads down into the...
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Survival Guide Step #7: List the Possible Amends, or What to Do in Case of Alien
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? * Step 3: Make a Choice to Get Over...
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The Mission Trip, Part 2
First read The Mission Trip, Part 1. From Mexico City, all 30 of us filed like the living dead onto a bus to take us to the church where we would spend the daylight hours of the next two weeks. We...
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Survival Guide Step #8 – Deciding on What is Actually Worth Making Amends
Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the Devangelical 11-Step Survival Guide first: * Intro * Step 1: Admit It, You’ve Got Issues * Step 2: Sanity Is An Option…Right? * Step 3: Make a Choice to Get Over...
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Survival Guide Step #9: Find What Cripples You, Kick Away the Cane
Devangelist Erika Rae thinks that 8 slices of baklava per day ought to just about fulfill her daily allowance for calcium. Two days ago, a close friend of mine shoved a delicious plate of baklava in my...
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A Boy (and a Drink) Named Shandy
I was 14 when I first tasted alcohol. I had only recently celebrated my birthday when my family went on vacation to the United Kingdom. It was Chevy Chase in a rented car with suitcases hanging out...
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Survival Guide Step #10: Make a Fresh Start
While Devangelist Erika Rae believes that it is never too late to make a fresh start, she is also trying desperately to not think about Grandpa on his honeymoon. Don’t get left behind! Catch up on the...
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Other People Interviews Erika Rae
Thank you Brad Listi for talking with me about Devangelical on Other People! I think we cover just about everything from demons to adderall to sex to chickens. The last two have nothing to do with...
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