Barbara Brown Taylor Once you have given up knowing who is right, it is easy to see neighbors everywhere you look. Lately I have begun to notice how my holy envy of friends in other traditions moves around the circle back to me. An observant Jewish friend tells me that he…
Uncategorized US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020 Muslim Americans gave more to charity in 2020 than non-Muslims, a new study found. They are also more likely to volunteer, we learned. https://theconversation.com/us-muslims-gave-more-to-charity-than-other-americans-in-2020-170689
Brian McLaren What makes religious doubt so challenging What makes religious doubt so challenging is that in almost every religious community, the box of normative beliefs contains beliefs of each kind - personal, historical, aesthetic, scientific, moral, and…
Susan K. Smith The “thingification” of Black people The Puritans relied upon the Calvinist theology to which they adhered, as well as the Bible, to justify their belief that God had created some human beings inferior to them.…
John Pavlovitz I’m Not Saying Conservative Christianity is Anti-Jesus. Jesus is. by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/11/05/im-not-saying-conservative-christianity-is-anti-jesus-jesus-is/
Catherine Meeks “Reconciliation” is “a place of meeting” One of the oldest meanings of the word, “reconciliation” is “a place of meeting.” This stresses that overcoming alienation requires coming together. If we are to deepen understanding so that…
Ibram X. Kendi The common idea of claiming “color blindness” The common idea of claiming “color blindness” is akin to the notion of being “ not racist” - as with the “not racist,” the color-blind individual, by ostensibly failing to…
Religion News Service How God’s pronouns and the CBMW might save Beth Allison Barr’s church A slew of donations to the church was inspired by an unlikely source — a fundraising appeal from the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, which criticized both Barr's book…
Robert P. Jones Study: Most white evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country The new American Values Survey from PRRI also shows that 60% of white evangelicals believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. No other religious group comes close. https://religionnews.com/2021/11/01/study-most-white-evangelicals-dont-want-to-live-in-a-religiously-diverse-country/
Uncategorized Contributions of this book Though we intend for this book to be introductory, we also hope that it will make substantive contributions to larger conversations regarding reparations both inside and outside of communities of…
Frederick Buechner Jesus cries too Before being admitted to the hospital I was told that patients were advised not to bring with them any pieces of jewelry or other items of value, and I complied…
John Pavlovitz Yes, There is a War on Christmas by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2018/11/24/yes-there-is-a-war-on-christmas/
Uncategorized My first attempt at writing about autism My first attempt at writing about autism begins with a direct, three-word sentence: “I am autistic.” The simple declaration is the most hard-won line in a piece filled with them.…
Diana Butler Bass Wolf in Fleece Clothing by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/wolf-in-fleece-clothing
Heather McGhee Why would white voters have rallied to the flag of a man whose agenda promised to wreak economic, social, and environmental havoc on them along with everyone else? On the day Donald Trump was to take the oath of office in 2017, I’d been the president of Demos for three years. I was gearing up to fight against…