Religion News Service How did voter access become a faith issue? The Bible told us so. by Jim Wallis in Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/10/22/how-did-voter-access-become-a-faith-issue-the-bible-told-us-so/
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Fundamentalism Today “fundamentalism” has come into common usage to mean a strict resistance to change in any religious context, but at that time the word was new. It derives from a…
Brian McLaren Biblical Defense Today’s guest quote is by Brian McLaren, from "A New Kind of Christianity" But very few Christians today, in my experience anyway, have given a second thought to—much less repented of—this…
Religion News Service Poll: White evangelicals are religious outliers on every issue of concern to voters Only 35% of white evangelicals said the coronavirus is of critical concern, according to PRRI’s 11th annual American Values Survey. Among this group, abortion and terrorism top the list of…
Amanda Henderson Definitions From “Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times” by Amanda Henderson - Chalice Press I begin by laying the groundwork for our shared labor with definitions, as defined by Merriam-Webster…
Mark Feldmeir How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. Axiom: How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. For my friend stranded in the unlit parking lot, fearing the black man who ultimately came…
Religion News Service How to make our politics better: Pray first, says a Jesuit guide from Religion News Service The kind of prayer recommended by a new pamphlet on civic engagement is the kind that helps us listen, detached from our own preconceptions and prejudices.…
Religion News Service How will the post-pandemic church pay the bills? by Jonathan Merritt https://religionnews.com/2020/10/13/how-will-the-post-pandemic-church-pay-the-bills/
Uncategorized Bipartisan Christian group forms super PAC to oppose Trump from The Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-political-action-committees-christianity-campaigns-942797a20ac8fe9bd9b12edd0adc651a
Uncategorized The Vatican has betrayed the faithful in China https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/10/10/china-and-christianity-vatican-deal-china-allows-persecution-column/5899207002/?fbclid=IwAR38bh136o1fJUNuIxFBhN7tb0NAP9CfbtdRb6IV-z_oYKRJtaTxSi184q4
Religion News Service Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native land from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/10/12/indigenous-peoples-day-comes-amid-a-reckoning-over-colonialism-and-calls-for-return-of-native-land/
Religion News Service Amy Coney Barrett nomination fight leaves progressive Catholics feeling unseen from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/10/12/with-nomination-of-amy-coney-barrett-progressive-catholics-feel-unseen-and-misrepresented/
The Guardian Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/12/fifth-of-nations-at-risk-of-ecosystem-collapse-analysis-finds
Madeleine L'Engle Christian art? Christian art? Art is art; painting is painting; music is music; a story is a story. If it’s bad art, it’s bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. If…
Diana Butler Bass Gratitude It cannot be overstated that gratitude is an emotion, a complex set of feelings involving appreciation, humility, wonder, and interdependence. Gratitude is, however, more than just an emotion. It is…
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity This book focuses on the type of progressive Christian political engagement championed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others in the public square and outside the walls…
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…
