Uncategorized The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/09/opinion/religious-right-america.html
Diana Butler Bass Not Dead Yet White mainline Protestants now outnumber white evangelicals, and conventional wisdom goes out the window. by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/not-dead-yet
Brian McLaren When a paradigm fails For many of us, faith is our map of reality, our map of the universe. It tells us where we are, where we’ve been, where we’re going, where to turn.…
Religion News Service Patriot games: CRT, Christian nationalism and a battle for the real truth of America https://religionnews.com/2021/07/02/patriot-games-crt-christian-nationalism-and-a-battle-for-the-real-truth-of-america/
Uncategorized Christian nationalists Americans have never had a monolithic view of Jesus, nor have they had a monolithic understanding of what Christianity is. In fact, so-called liberals and conservatives are miles apart when…
Uncategorized How Brandan Robertson, a.k.a. the ‘Tik-Tok Preacher,’ Is Taking on the Anti-LGBTQ Teachings of His Faith Congratulations Brandan! https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-preacher-brandan-robertson-lgbtq-faith-1185814/
Catherine Meeks Embedded in how American institutions and systems function Centuries of racial discrimination and injustice are the foundation upon which current social and economic institutions stand. Education, for example, is touted as a way for persons to participate fully…
Uncategorized Not only Baptists The Baptist denominational history is not unique in American Christianity. Virtually all of the major white mainline Protestant denominations split over the issue of slavery. For example, Northern and Southern…
Parker Palmer The loss of efficiency is more than offset Our diversity consists only in part in demographic differences such as race, ethnicity, and social class. Equally important are the wildly different lenses through which we see, think, and believe.…
Matthew Tennant Wrestling Faith is wrestling with God. Faith is trusting that God will wrestle back. Faith is looking into the empty tomb and trusting that Jesus will come out. Faith is belief…
Leigh Finke Why Does Language Matter So Much? Within the LGBTQ+ community, words matter. Profoundly so. And supportive leaders and allies need to understand this and speak accordingly. Thoughtful language shows respect, acknowledgment, and acceptance. This means using…
Kerry Connelly White people in America have trouble noticing when it’s us who are the jerks in the room Here is something I learned in acting school: No bad guy ever wakes up thinking he’s the bad guy. Every villain in any script always thinks he’s got a valid…
Uncategorized We walked together into the valley of the shadow of doubt The church I served for twenty-four years in the Washington, DC, area was full of people like you. Many were raised Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, or Pentecostal but dropped…
Rachel Held Evans ‘What Is God Like?’ Late author Rachel Held Evans’ first children’s book invites questions https://religionnews.com/2021/06/15/what-is-god-like-late-author-rachel-held-evans-first-childrens-book-invites-questions/
Susan K. Smith A few assumptions This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. First is that in order to be a Christian, one must read, know, and follow the words and commandments of Jesus…
Lenny Duncan A cage is a cage, after all Capitalism is a satanic structure that’s built on the idea of building a meritocracy in the midst of democracy. In this system, we are told if we work hard and…
Leigh Finke How do I recognize my own biases about sexuality and gender? Let’s start with the facts: You have biases. We all have biases. We’re born and raised in specific environments, families, and cultures that affect our viewpoints and shape our brains.…
Brandan Robertson 6 Ways To Embrace True Inclusion In Your Faith Community by Brandan Robinson https://chalicepress.com/blogs/news/6-ways-to-embrace-true-inclusion-in-your-faith-community
Kerry Connelly Progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better As proudly as I adhere to progressive principles and beliefs, I’ll also happily tell you that progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better. We’re quick to vilify conservatives,…
Robert P. Jones The path to herd immunity runs through America’s faith communities Residents of many of the most vaccine-hesitant areas in the United States turn out to be remarkably receptive to faith-based interventions. By Robert P. Jones and Eboo Patel https://religionnews.com/2021/05/24/the-path-to-herd-immunity-runs-through-americas-faith-communities/
Maya Angelou Mother’s Long View Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine. It does not matter…
