Brian McLaren The latest thoughts from Brian: Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate…
Mark Feldmeir When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. Axiom #1: When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then…
Lisa Miller Two attentional networks Our brains have two attentional networks - dorsal and ventral - that interact in a dynamic way. The dorsal attention network is our top-down attention; it filters incoming sensory and…
Recommended Children’s Books Board Books (Ages Newborn - 3) God Loves You - by Kathleen Long BostromGod’s Dream - by Archbishop Desmond TutuA is for Activist - by Innosanto Nagara (board book version)Counting…
Sister Simone Campbell The latest thoughts from Sister Campbell: Sister Simone Campbell has served as Executive Director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice since 2004. She is a religious leader, attorney and poet…
Uncategorized The Inequality Era In the mid-1960s, the American Dream was as easy to achieve as it ever was or as been since, with good union jobs, subsidized home ownership, strong financial protections, a…
Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow is an author, speaker, parent, consultant, coach, podcaster, and pastor. He speaks and writes on issues of faith, technology, race, parenting, and church culture. He is currently the…
Uncategorized Racism as Institutional Injustice In March 2012 an African American defense attorney named Bryan Stevenson gave a TED Talk called “We Need to Talk about an Injustice.” While not yet the household name he…
Tripp Fuller Kenneth R. Miller: How we Evolved to have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will https://trippfuller.com/2019/04/18/kenneth-r-miller-how-we-evolved-to-have-reason-consciousness-and-free-will/
Progressive Christian Children’s and Youth Resources Compassionate Christianity is delighted to share our new Children & Youth Books & Resources database. It is a searchable database of progressive books and resources. These resources are great for…
Artificial Intelligence Curated by Michael Junkroski I have some good news! Despite the existence of a real-life Skynet, AI research is still extremely primitive. Yes, your Tesla can drive itself, more or…
Jeff Chu The latest thoughts from Jeff: Jeff Chu is a Princeton, New Jersey-based freelance reporter and writer as well as a seminarian at Princeton Theological Seminary. Most recently, I…
Uncategorized Zoom CEO Eric Yuan Is Giving K-12 Schools His Videoconferencing Tools For Free https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2020/03/13/zoom-video-coronavirus-eric-yuan-schools/
Lori Erickson Lori Erickson, an Episcopal deacon, is one of America’s top travel writers specializing in spiritual travels. She’s the author of Holy Rover: Journeys in Search of Mystery, Miracles, and God…
Erin Robinson Hall Let’s be disrupted by Erin Robinson Hall I had a whole plan to get through Christmas Eve unscathed. In a pastor’s family, Christmas Eve is often a last hurdle on the 100 yard…
Code of Conduct The following Code of Conduct applies to all participants in any conference, workshop, retreat, or other event produced by Compassionate Christianity. Compassionate Christianity is committed to providing a safe environment…
John Pavlovitz Theology is unmasked in crisis It’s tempting to get ahead of ourselves when adversity visits. If we’re being honest, on our very best days a terrifying sense of scarcity is always hovering in the periphery…
Uncategorized What We Can Learn From Waiting by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35
New Ownership Announcement!Writing for Your Life andCompassionate Christianity November 16, 2022 - Kate Rademacher and Brian Allain are delighted to announce, after considerable prayer and discernment, new ownership and leadership for these innovative businesses. Effective January 1, 2023,…
J. Dana Trent The Rev. J. Dana Trent is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and professor of World Religions and Critical Thinking at Wake Tech Community College. Dana curates the Christian…
Uncategorized Children were raised, not parented In generations past, children were raised, not parented. Raising children mainly amounted to keeping them healthy, clothed, and fed as best you could while gradually integrating them into the economic…