Barbara Brown Taylor No one owns God God alone knows what is good. For reasons that will never be entirely clear, God has a soft spot for religious strangers, both as agents of divine blessing and recipients…
Brian McLaren Interpretation Today’s guest quote is by Brian McLaren, from A New Kind of Christianity: As I look back on my own experience with the Bible, I figure I've heard or given over…
The Guardian They hate each other’s political views – so why have they become friends? Our political culture is becoming more and more polarized. In such a partisan world, can we still get along with those whose beliefs we can’t abide? from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/30/politics-polarization-friends-america
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Un-Christlike Conservativism I’ve traveled around the country working at the intersection of progressive politics and religion for the past decade and met countless activists bogged down by un-Christlike conservativism prevailing in our…
Amanda Henderson In the midst of the chaos I realize we are also each in the midst of the chaos of daily life even when there is not a pandemic. Here was the scene when I initially wrote…
Lori Erickson Lourdes: The World’s Most Famous Healing Shrine Lourdes: The World’s Most Famous Healing Shrine by Lori Erickson
Frederick Buechner Your Own Journey These two paragraphs conclude the introduction to Frederick Buechner’s first memoir: “The Sacred Journey” What I propose to do now is to try listening to my life as a whole,…
Mark Feldmeir Two Stories I do not presume to have arrived on the issue, or to be “woke.” I simply want to share with you what I have discovered on my own journey toward…
Sophfronia Scott What’s Too Much for a Dream? by Sophfronia Scott https://sophfronia.com/whats-too-much-for-a-dream/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons The false prophets of conservative Christianity When historians look back at the history of Christianity and politics in the United States, 2016 will hopefully be marked as the turning of the tide. The alliance between the…
Lori Erickson Wisconsin’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine Wisconsin’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine by Lori Erickson
Religion News Service QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church by Katelyn Beaty https://religionnews.com/2020/08/17/qanon-the-alternative-religion-thats-coming-to-your-church/
William Barber Biden talks faith and poverty at Poor People’s Campaign event from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/09/15/biden-talks-faith-and-poverty-at-poor-peoples-campaign-event/
Religion News Service The 2020 election is a moment of truth for white Christianity by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2020/09/15/the-2020-election-is-a-moment-of-truth-for-white-christianity/
Amanda Henderson The deep wounds have been on full display Yet as I wallowed in grief, I realized I was not alone. This is how most of the world has lived for most of history. Rarely are leaders on the…
Uncategorized A Letter to White Evangelical Friends by Jeff Munroe https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2020/09/14/a-letter-to-white-evangelical-friends/
Diana Butler Bass A culture unto itself The following sharp assessment came from an Anglican in Sydney, Australia: “I’m continually being disappointed by (bordering on disillusioned by) the institutional church. Institutional self-preservation seems more important than those…
Stephen Mattson For Christians Who Feel Betrayed By Christianity by Stephen Mattson https://sojo.net/articles/christians-who-feel-betrayed-christianity
Joan Chittister Retreat, reflection, Sabbath, and soul-space by Joan Chittister https://mailchi.mp/benetvision/do-no-harm-to-the-earth-747225?e=9ffff7d742
Religion News Service Black Pastor Wants His Mostly White Congregation To Understand Racial Justice https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/911005948/black-pastor-wants-his-mostly-white-congregation-to-understand-racial-justice?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=religion
