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
Religion News Service Becoming Less Racist: Lighting the Path to Anti-Racism This show is hosted on Religion News Service’s Facebook page every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. "In each episode, we will bring in an expert to speak about a particular aspect…
Patricia Raybon Making His Music by Patricia Raybon; in Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/2020/09/10/making-his-music
Barbara Brown Taylor Could it be that our favorite verses are the ones that make us feel most right? In the Christian New Testament, Jesus himself admits that he does not know everything there is to know about God. When his disciples ask him to tell them about the…
Mark Feldmeir How can we talk about race without the defensiveness, reflexivity, and scapegoating that accompanies such conversations? Baltimore, Ferguson, Charlottesville, Charleston. Trevon, Tamir, Sandra, Philando, and Freddie. Kaepernick, Serena, Barkley, and Lebron. White supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, and woke. “Hands up, don’t shoot.” “I can’t breathe.”…
