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On the first day in 16 years that three people on death row were scheduled to be executed on the same day, faith groups in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Iowa tolled their bells as part of a campaign led by the Death Penalty Action advocacy group. In Tennessee, they rang for two minutes at 10 a.m. CT that coincided with a scheduled execution in the state.

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“Even so, Lord Jesus, come.” (Rev. 22:20) Slouching, pinned by boredom to the pew.Boredom while a pesky flyflings itself about the slender boxformed by the narrow padded rows. The sermon has become its own dull beast.It plods the boards, the polished aislesdragging lines of scribbled manuscript,Hebrew words, some scraps of creeds.

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The first time I spoke publicly about being raped, I was at a conservative Christian college, a campus I’d never visited before, a place where I didn’t know anyone in the audience. The rape wasn’t a secret. My close friends had known for decades. I’d mentioned it in academic articles, and it was the focus of a book I published on theology and sexual violations.

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