Uncategorized How do we make right what has been made wrong? "How do we make right what has been made wrong? How do we address the impact that racism and injustice have had across generations? We need to ask “Where does…
Uncategorized They are already experiencing a form of hell But this theology is not for the oppressed. The oppressed do not need a threat of damnation to respond in faithfulness. They are already experiencing a form of hell, and…
Uncategorized “Keep the rules, and the rules will keep you!” we were told Most wars, genocides, and tragedies in history have been waged by unquestioning followers of dominating leaders. Yet there is a strange comfort in staying within the confines of such a…
Uncategorized William Barber launches new center at Yale, will retire from church The Rev. William Barber said the center's goal is to 'prepare a new generation' to create 'a just society both in the academy and in the streets.' https://religionnews.com/2022/12/19/william-barber-launches-new-center-at-yale-will-retire-from-church/
Uncategorized Behavior Matters The truth is that in every relationship - personal and professional - what you do has far greater impact than anything you say. You can say you love someone -…
Uncategorized With Warnock’s win, Democrats eye faith as a pathway to victory in the South Once a faith-based activist arrested for protesting in the US Capitol, Warnock stands to elevate the various causes of the religious left — especially voting rights. https://religionnews.com/2022/12/09/with-warnocks-win-democrats-eye-faith-as-a-pathway-to-victory-in-the-south/
Uncategorized Shopping for a new church? Your politics may determine which pew fits A new study examines the role that politics plays in how Americans choose a new church. https://religionnews.com/2022/12/12/shopping-for-a-new-church-your-politics-may-determine-which-pew-fits/
Uncategorized A matter of choice Overall, our study revealed that spiritual experiences are visible in the brain in three significant ways: an involuntary reorientation of attention a sense of love or embrace consistent with intimate…
Uncategorized Slowdown in the Rise of Religious Nones https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/406544/slowdown-rise-religious-nones.aspx
Uncategorized White noise protects us from the class-based racial nightmare in the United States We mistakenly identify racism as only brazen discrimination and physical violence. To protect ourselves, it is convenient to treat White supremacy as an anomaly unrelated to the specific social perils…
Uncategorized Because they deeply misunderstand Jesus and the gospel Why weren’t we lamenting and whispering the names of the victims together with shaky breaths and broken hearts? Why weren’t more preachers decrying the societal problems that led to these…
Uncategorized Trinity The much maligned doctrine of the Trinity is an assertion that, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, there is only one God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit mean that the mystery…
Uncategorized How Congress can bring good news to the poor this Advent by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2022/11/30/how-congress-could-bring-good-news-to-the-poor-this-advent/
Lisa Sharon Harper The impact of colonization on the conquered is fragmentation In every corner of the world, a primary weapon of Western domination has been to cut off indigenous and other subjugated peoples from their lands, from their families and communities,…
Brandan Robertson What could be more Christlike than that? Those of us who call ourselves Christians have an obligation to heed the call of the gospel to work with God to bring renewal and redemption to the world. At…
Brian McLaren I will not quit. Not today. In case after case, when Christianity has faced a fork in the road, the vast majority took the broad highway of compliance. They went along with their leaders, most without…
Idelette McVicker Human I originally wanted to start this conversation by telling you how I am possibly the worst white woman in the room. I used to think that gave me the right…
Jonny Rashid An agent for personal salvation? I have to admit, when I first heard this, it threatened my way of thinking about God. Embedded within me is the idea that God is an impartial actor, treating…
Richard Rohr I know some of us do not want to hear that Most people are trying to build the platform of their lives all by themselves, while working all the new levers at the same time. I think of CEOs, business leaders,…
Stephen M. R. Covey Choose Abundance Abundance means that there is enough for everybody. The opposite - scarcity - says that there is only so much to go around, and if you get it, I won’t.…
Uncategorized Psychology had become stuck For three hundred years, physics was predicated on the notion that objects that are far apart can’t directly influence one another. This became our accepted understanding of the way the…
