Uncategorized We need an alternative populist vision to defeat the MAGA movement The moment is ripe for a different kind of popular movement that confronts divisive lies and builds broad coalitions for the common good. https://religionnews.com/2022/08/08/we-need-an-alternative-populist-vision-to-defeat-the-maga-movement/
Uncategorized There are many areas where I am alarmed There are many other areas where I am alarmed about the effects of Christianity’s biased and constricted intellectualism, not just on Christians but on everyone. For example, when Christian individuals…
Uncategorized Progressive National Baptists, AFL-CIO reunite for midterms voter initiative https://religionnews.com/2022/08/11/progressive-national-baptists-afl-cio-reunite-for-midterms-voter-initiative/
Uncategorized 10 ways to make your worship space less ableist https://religionnews.com/2022/07/29/10-ways-to-make-your-worship-space-less-ableist/
Uncategorized How to answer when Christian nationalists embrace the label as a badge of honor by Blake Chastain https://religionnews.com/2022/08/04/how-to-answer-when-christian-nationalists-embrace-the-label-as-a-badge-of-honor/
Uncategorized How dare we stay silent in the face of injustice? In 2016 I was invited to spend time on Robben Island, a small island off the coast near Cape Town that was once used as a political prison by the…
Uncategorized Over 12,000 Christians condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of Christian Nationalism https://www.insider.com/12000-christians-condemn-marjorie-taylor-greene-embrace-gop-christian-nationalism-2022-7
Uncategorized The kids are, clearly, not all right In a study from the year 2000, psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge performed a meta-analysis of anxiety in schoolchildren and college students in order to track the development of anxiety and…
Uncategorized What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you by Melanie A. Howard https://theconversation.com/what-the-bible-actually-says-about-abortion-may-surprise-you-186983
Uncategorized They say it because it has to be said and because it is true This pattern of resistance is so clear and even so defeating for Jesus that he makes what sounds like one of his most unkind statements: ”Do not give to dogs…
Uncategorized Christian Nationalism Everywhere? by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-everywhere
Uncategorized Where is your outrage? Throughout the Trump administration, many people thought that my overt political messaging and call to action were a problem for my witness. I heard that protesting Trump's manifestly racist actions…
Uncategorized John MacArthur and the dangers of biblical literalism by Jonathan Merritt https://religionnews.com/2022/07/19/john-macarthur-and-the-dangers-of-biblical-literalism/
Brandan Robertson Society was set up to give me, as a white man, every opportunity to succeed The primary reason that I was able to rise above the circumstances of my upbringing is because the society was set up to give me, as a white man, every…
Brian McLaren Bought by powerful corporate leaders Most Christians today remain unaware of how Christian leaders since the 1930s have been intentionally co-opted (or, more bluntly, bought) by powerful corporate leaders in America (and elsewhere) to provide…
John Pavlovitz Courting Fascism: Facing America’s Supreme Coup by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2022/07/03/courting-fascism-facing-americas-supreme-coup/
Uncategorized Christian Nationalism Drove These People Out of Their Churches https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vew9/christian-nationalism-churches
Lisa Sharon Harper Who benefits from this law? But the law erected barriers to Fortune and her daughters marrying any man, Black or White. White men who chose to marry any of the Game/Fortune women would be indentured…
Andre Henry I didn’t want to believe that racism was alive and well in this country I was once that kid with an odd love of country. I remember lying on my bedroom floor, legs kicking behind me, as I filled white, glossy poster boards with…
Uncategorized Christian Nationalism is Dangerous to Christians by Jennifer Butler https://www.redletterchristians.org/christian-nationalism-is-dangerous-to-christians/
Brandan Robertson A profound metaphor for the process of ego death As Father Richard Rohr has taught, the first half of life is generally driven by our ego desires - asserting who we believe ourselves to be, competition, and achievement. This…
