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WARM (Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry) prepares for summer ‘voluntourists’

| Apr 19, 2013

Summer is a busy time for WARM. “Voluntourists” (as director J.C. Skane calls them) come from all over the country to help repair homes in Wilmington. Over a period of 10 weeks this summer, 60-100 volunteers will come to serve with WARM. Many will be church youth groups who will stay in different facilities such as the Matthew House or Cameron Hall, who partner with WARM to provide housing for volunteer workers.
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Calling open hearts, minds and courageous spirits to help those with mental illnesses

| Apr 15, 2013

Bonny writes: "The stigma of mental health is really the prejudice of mental health.  It’s more the problem of those sitting in the pews than the problem of the one who suffers with the wrong brain chemistry."
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Purity Culture Backlash, part II

| Apr 15, 2013

Pearl writes: "Retaining virginity shouldn’t be achieved through shame-based repression.  It should be through a lovingly taught life skill, self-control." What do you think?
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Starving the stigma: Christians and Mental illness

| Apr 14, 2013

Jana Greene writes: "The church is the first place that the mentally ill should seek to stay encouraged, become surrounded with love, and depend on the support of one another. To bear our own crosses, but with help from each other. To manage the pain of life and all the challenges it doles out. To starve the stigma of mental illness, and nurture the brave ones coping with it every day. To stay encouraged by those who love us, which makes all the difference. It doesn’t take a village, it takes a church."
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If love waits, does a backlash follow?

| Apr 9, 2013

Have you ever stood in front of your youth group or congregation and pledged you would not have sex before marriage? Or if you've ever signed a purity pledge, did you experience a cultural or personal backlash from that decision? Pearl writes about what's buzzing in the Christian Purity Culture these days.
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God’s Hands Extended: St. Jude’s sees major increase in food pantry demand

| Apr 5, 2013

St. Jude Metropolitan Community Church has seen a 150 percent increase in demand at its food pantry in the last year. 
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N.C. Christian sex blogger reveals her identity

| Apr 2, 2013

The real "Pearl" - the woman behind the popular Christian marriage and sex blog Pearl's OysterBed - has decided it's better to be outside of her shell than in. She will write about Christian marriage, sex and parenting issues for Wilmington Faith & Values. Read to find out more about the real Pearl. 
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Who do YOU say that he is?

| Mar 30, 2013

Jana Greene says: "If he were a great human teacher, that would be humbling enough. But no. Jesus, in dying on the cross and raising to life, bridged the gap between the Holiest of Holy Ones and puny, neurotic, recovering alcoholic, generally-all-around misfit and master of mistakes – ME. His Holy Spirit never leaves my side and calls me “friend”.  And that’s a miracle."
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Pastors send Easter ‘no drones’ message to President Obama

| Mar 29, 2013

This YouTube video confirmed writer David Scott's worries about drone warfare and what he believes is its moral toll.
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COMMENTARY: ‘The price of war in human waste and treasure’

| Mar 28, 2013

David Scott comments on a video from a dying Iraq War veteran to former President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. 
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