Author Archives: Valerie Tarico

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About Valerie Tarico

Seattle psychologist and writer. Author - Trusting Doubt; Deas and Other Imaginings.

Anatomy of a Christian Hate Letter Part VI

  This post is part of a dialogue, In Two Minds: The Anatomy of a Christian Hate Letter, between former minister Brian Worley and psychologist Valerie Tarico . In the series, Brian Worley, an ordained Baptist, describes some of his … Continue reading

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For Those Who are Pained by My Changes

Recently a fellow traveler asked me how he could explain to his children the changes that he is going through.  I realized, as I wrote out some thoughts for him, that I had never shared these same thoughts with my … Continue reading

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Anatomy of a Christian Hate Letter, Part IV

This post is part of a dialogue, In Two Minds: The Anatomy of a Christian Hate Letter, between former minister Brian Worley and psychologist Valerie Tarico . In the series, Brian Worley, an ordained Baptist, describes some of his encounters … Continue reading

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Reweaving our Wisdom Heritage

Back when moral insights and spiritual narratives were handed down by oral tradition, they could evolve with the culture in which they existed.  As a group of people gained more new technologies and social structures, a better understanding of the … Continue reading

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“God Hates Soft Men”

Rev. Ken Hutcherson, an African American minister in Redmond Washington, has been an outspoken opponent of equal rights for gays.  On Martin Luther King Day, he was asked to speak at a civil rights assembly held at Mt. Si High, … Continue reading

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