Barbara Brown Taylor Which is giving me a better picture? This sets up a weird tension between the small window of my classroom and the small window of my phone. Which is giving me a better picture of the real…
Religion News Service Present tense: Worshipping and performing in the digital age from Religion News Service How we inhabit, explore and become vulnerable in spaces traditionally understood as ‘disembodied’ or ‘low stakes’ is among the most important artistic questions of our digital…
Jana Riess Learning (again) to walk in the dark by Jana Riess A reflection on the pandemic, being a Christian, and Barbara Brown Taylor's book. https://religionnews.com/2020/04/28/learning-again-to-walk-in-the-dark/
Religion News Service More than $400,000 so far raised for small churches at risk during COVID-19 from the Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/28/small-at-risk-churches-seek-funding-to-weather-pandemic/
Marcus Borg Why be a Christian in the twenty-first century? From “Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the 21st Century” by Marcus Borg - HarperOne A portion of the Foreword by Marianne Borg: Why be…
Religion News Service What living apart has taught me about #StayAtHome church from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/27/what-living-apart-has-taught-me-about-stayathome-church/
Sophfronia Scott Hope on any Given Day by Sophfronia Scott Twenty children lost their lives at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school in 2012. As the country moved on to mourn other mass shootings, survivors were left with…
Sojourners Truth, unity and solidarity: Three prerequisites to reopening America by Jim Wallis https://religionnews.com/2020/04/24/truth-unity-and-solidarity-three-prerequisites-to-reopening-america/
Diana Butler Bass Vertical Theology Here in the labyrinth, I struggle to find words to describe what I feel. Up on the mountaintop, I knew the language to describe God: majestic, transcendent, all-powerful, heavenly Father,…
Philip Yancey “Why?” by Philip Yancey That question comes up whenever tragedy strikes. We have no more definitive answer than Job got, when God appeared in person but evaded the question. We have…
Jana Riess If we’re reimagining church, let’s take it outside by Jana Riess https://religionnews.com/2020/04/22/if-were-reimagining-church-lets-take-it-outside/
Kathleen Norris “I can’t imagine why God would want me” The ancient word “oblate” proved instructive for me. Having no idea what it meant, I appreciated its rich history when I first looked it up in the dictionary. But I…
Uncategorized A Side Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Reading Got a Lot Harder https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Side-Effect-of-the-Covid-19/248568
Religion News Service How a rally for the right in Charlottesville emboldened a resurgent Religious Left from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/17/how-a-rally-for-the-right-in-charlottesville-emboldened-a-reviving-religious-left/
Religion News Service The loneliness pandemic: The elderly in ICUs battle coronavirus and solitude from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/20/the-loneliness-pandemic-the-elderly-in-icus-battle-coronavirus-and-solitude/
Brian McLaren God Was in the Wind by Brian McLaren https://brianmclaren.net/god-was-in-the-wind-a-poemwalking-meditation/
Madeleine L'Engle Terror in the Desert This was an extraordinary night, because there is terror in the desert. The man setting out with his wife and small son knew that it is not safe to cross…
Shane Claiborne, Uncategorized Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence https://www.heedinggodscall.org/
Religion News Service When character counts most in choosing a president from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/16/when-character-counts-most-in-choosing-a-president/
New York Times A Gloomy Prediction on How Much Poverty Could Rise from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/upshot/coronavirus-prediction-rise-poverty.html
Religion News Service One church’s tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/14/church-closures-1918-and-now/
