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Janelle Alberts writes the Bible Book Club blog for the Akron Beacon Journal religion page.
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  • Christians Want Wine? Jesus Didn't Turn Water into Better Water
    12/9/2010
    Once upon a time, a kindly, Christian neighbor of mine told me that drinking wine was forbidden by Jesus. "Forbidden?" I asked. Had she gotten that quite right?
  • God's Liberated Women
    12/9/2010
    How did it happen that the "godly" woman message from the pulpit began pushing women to be docile and sugary sweet? What about our salt?
  • Romans Road Rubbed Me Wrong
    12/9/2010
    Back in my youth, several young, religious friends presented to me a little tract that walked down a biblical "Romans Road" to Jesus. But it didn't stick...
  • God: Remember to Remember
    12/9/2010
    If there's one thing I've noticed about Bible characters, it's this: they have a lot in common. They repeatedly see God right up close and then they constantly and consistently -- forget. And that's rough on a relationship.
  • Fix it on Our Hearts: God's Word, Not the Index
    12/9/2010
    A woman was once telling a small group of us how hard it was for Old Testament kings to come to know God. When the group broke for doughnuts, I whispered a question to her that no one else could hear.
  • The Book of Job, Pain & Stephen Colbert
    12/9/2010
    I watched faux-conservative talk show host Stephen Colbert speak with the women on The View last week. A double whammy if ever there was.
  • The Bible: Believe it or Not
    12/9/2010
    Nothing makes a grandma apoplectic like a sweet helpful grandchild who brings her a cup of tea. And then sets it on her Bible.
  • God's Facebook Page
    12/9/2010
    What would God put on His Facebook page?
  • Thankful Momma
    11/22/2010
    Four and a half years after bearing my second child and just in time for the holidays, I have come to notice something: I'm in a better mood. A thankful Momma after all this time.
  • The Bible: It Isn't Dick and Jane
    11/3/2010
    I owe everything to God. For all the reverence I feel for Him, I have an issue. My issue is His margin for error.

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