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…
Uncategorized Perspectives from disabled Christians enrich our theology A scholar’s book emerged from theology done in partnership with disabled Christians. https://faithandleadership.com/perspectives-disabled-christians-enrich-our-theology
Uncategorized “Social-political narcolepsy – a condition of uncontrollable sleeping” White noise keeps us dismally unaware in a racialized world that marks life outcomes and templates of belonging according to the meaning invested in the color of skin. It provides…
Jennifer Garcia Bashaw America had created a scapegoat What caused America’s religious and political leaders to direct their fear and anger toward a particular ethnic group that had done nothing more than seek sanctuary for their families in…
Brandan Robertson How can Christianity help us with our privilege and bias? But how can Christianity help us with our privilege and bias? How can we as followers of Christ begin to work to understand and address these realities? One of the…
Susan K. Smith Calling God Good in Bad Times by Susan K. Smith We are constantly on the lookout for a “good” God, and to be honest, sometimes we say God is good when we are full of doubt…
Brian McLaren They chose to stay Christian when Christianity as a whole was a hot, violent, ugly mess. During the centuries that followed, the peaceful examples Hildegard, Francis, Clare, and other courageous, creative reformers seemed to be forgotten as the Spanish Inquisition arose and employed the horrific technologies…
Uncategorized Gen Z and Millennials Are Seeking Authentic Church Community, Not Leaving It https://churchleaders.com/pastors/435886-gen-z-and-millennials-are-seeking-authentic-church-community-not-leaving-it.html
Father James Martin For Father James Martin, ministry means going wherever the people are The popular Jesuit priest and author says he felt called to minister among the LGBTQ+ community following the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016, when few Catholic leaders were speaking out.…
Idelette McVicker It wasn’t God who created race. People did. It wasn’t God who created race. People did. In 2000, scientists finally proved that race is a social construct, never a scientific or biological one. J. Craig Venter, the American…
Jonny Rashid James H. Cone I first encountered the idea that God sides with the oppressed after Black liberation theology in seminary - particularly the work of theologian and thinker James H. Cone. Cone was…
Uncategorized Students across country walk out, allege LGBTQ discrimination at religious schools 'You can just see there's this pattern and movement happening of students and employees at these Christian universities finally saying, ‘enough is enough,'' said Chloe Guillot, a graduate student at…
Uncategorized Heresy isn’t the enemy in TikTok pastor’s new book ‘I’m not interested in playing the orthodoxy game,’ Brandan Robertson told RNS. https://religionnews.com/2022/10/12/brandon-robertson-heresy-isnt-the-enemy-in-tiktok-pastors-new-book/
Uncategorized A $100 million ad campaign wants to fix Jesus’ image. His followers remain a problem. A major ad campaign for Jesus will expand in the months leading up to the Super Bowl. The "He Gets Us" campaign hopes to rescue the message of Jesus from…
Richard Rohr A “patho-adolescent culture” You need a very strong container to hold the contents and contradictions that arrive later in life. You ironically need a very strong ego structure to let go of your…
Stephen M. R. Covey How To Increase Your Integrity So how do we go about increasing our integrity? First, we need to consider what degree of integrity we currently have. At this point, you might find it helpful to…
