Kathleen Norris Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing…
Philip Yancey The latest thoughts from Philip: Philip Yancey is an American Christian author. Fourteen million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, making him one of the best-selling evangelical…
Diana Butler Bass The latest thoughts from Diana: Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke…
Cory Jones Cory Jones lives in Little Rock, AR with his wife and 8 children. He graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2001 with a degree in preaching, and spent 15 years…
Austin Channing Brown Austin Channing Brown is a leading new voice on racial justice, and author of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Austin is committed to…
Consciousness Perhaps the most concise explanation of the scientific research community’s definition of consciousness: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201303/what-is-consciousness Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe? A proposal to study consciousness at Stanford gives us insight into…
Uncategorized Kindness Doesn’t Just Make You Healthier, It Can Actually Slow Aging, New Research Shows from Inc.com A new study shows loving-kindness meditation may actually help postpone the inevitable. https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/kindness-doesnt-just-make-you-healthier-it-can-actually-slow-aging-new-research-shows.html
Jana Riess The latest thoughts from Jana: Since 2008, Jana Riess has been an editor in the publishing industry, primarily working in the areas of religion, history, popular culture, ethics,…
Jonathan Merritt Jonathan Merritt is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. He currently serves as a contributing writer for The Atlantic andsenior columnist for Religion News Service. Jonathan has published more than 2000 articles in respected outlets such as USA Today, National…
Tripp Fuller The latest thoughts from Tripp: Nerding Out I am a proud nerd, but not just a Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica type of nerd, I am a theology nerd…
Rob Bell The latest thoughts from Rob: Rob Bell is a bestselling author, international teacher, and highly sought after public speaker. His books include The New York Times bestseller Love…
Kaitlin Curtice The latest thoughts from Kaitlin: Kaitlin Curtice is a Potawatomi author and speaker. As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and someone who has grown up in…
Rachel Held Evans Selected thoughts from Rachel: Very sadly, Rachel Held Evans passed away on May 4, 2019. Rachel was a New York Times best-selling author whose books included Inspired, Faith…
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…
Uncategorized What We Can Learn From Waiting by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35
Diana Butler Bass Three Views of Jeep’s Bruce Springsteen Commercial from Diana Butler Bass: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/a-better-middle?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy from Jeffrey Salkin: https://religionnews.com/2021/02/09/super-bowl-jeep/ from Amanda Tyler https://religionnews.com/2021/02/11/dear-jeep-christian-nationalism-cannot-unite-us/
Jim McIntire The late James F. McIntire had a passion for social justice, advocacy and activism so his pastoral emphasis focused on issues of injustice and a call for a more fully…
Bill McKibben Are We Past the Peak of Big Oil’s Power? By Bill McKibben https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/are-we-past-the-peak-of-big-oils-power?mbid=social_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_social-type=owned
New York Times How to Live in the Face of Fear: Lessons From a Cancer Survivor Kate Bowler is a religion scholar and best-selling author who is sharing daily reflections on Instagram. from the New York Times and Elizabeth Dias https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/kate-bowler-cancer-coronavirus.html
Wil Gafney The Mark of Cain: Marked for Death, Marked for Life by Rev. Wil Gafney https://www.wilgafney.com/2021/04/25/markofcain/
Lorna Rande Lorna Rande is the Proprietor, Principal Photographer, Artist, and Graphic Designer for Artistic Imagery® in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Lorna’s passion is to capture the handprint of God and in so…