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FAITH & DOUBT ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
Hello! I’m Brian Felushko.
Student • Teacher • writer • Skeptical Believer
May this be a safe place where we can both trust and doubt, discuss beliefs and ask difficult questions.

“The Bible is an ancient, diverse and ambiguous book leading us to wisdom rather than answers.”
PETER ENNS
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Various & Conflicting Portraits of God
The two basic tenets of Open and Relational Theology (ORT) fit with my experience and how I’ve attempted to live out my faith over the last 45 years. However, while my interpretation of some scripture often is supportive of the two basic tenets of ORT, my interpretation of other scripture often is in conflict withContinue reading “Various & Conflicting Portraits of God”
Violence and Faith
The day after nineteen, 9 and 10 year old grade 4 children and two teachers were gunned down by an eighteen year old, who 8 days ago legally purchased an assault rifle and high capacity magazine in Uvalde, Texas. Faith choices comes to me when I take seriously the events that transpire in real livesContinue reading “Violence and Faith”
My Doctoral Dissertation — A Draft Outline
Title: The Pluriform and Polyphonic Nature of Τὰ Βιβλία and the Implications of, and for, Open and Relational Theology Treatise Academic Abstract – Draft The earliest Christian theologians and apologists––i.e., the creators of the New Testament texts and the apostolic fathers––were thoroughly aware that their “holy writings” (ἱερὰ γράμματα) were pluriform in nature. They ingeniouslyContinue reading “My Doctoral Dissertation — A Draft Outline”