Uncategorized Event: Understanding the threat of white Christian nationalism to American democracy today – February 8, 2023 On February 8, 2023 at 10am ET, the Brookings Institution and the Public Religion Research Institute will host the release of this new groundbreaking national survey. A panel of experts…
Frederick Buechner The world’s terrible fragility Much of the rest of the day I lay there on my back watching the endless TV replays of the unspeakably beautiful September morning with the plane, golden in the…
Jennifer Grant Recipes, Good Reads, and Diversions for Social Distancers Hi Faith and Food Readers: I won't attempt to wax eloquent about this "unsettling," "unprecedented" time. But I will say that—and I imagine this might also be true of you—I've…
Lori Erickson The Holy Dirt of Chimayo, New Mexico Sometimes called the Lourdes of North America, this humble adobe church in New Mexico attracts those in search of healing of body and soul. https://www.spiritualtravels.info/spiritual-sites-around-the-world/north-america/the-holy-dirt-of-chimayo-new-mexico/
Barbara Brown Taylor “I’m working at it” Thanks to Nicodemus, I started borrowing a line from Maya Angelou, recipient of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, who said she was always amazed when people came up to…
Uncategorized To those who are learning about injustices for the first time Ibram X. Kendi’s term “anti-racist” has offered white people a language for how to address injustice: “The opposite of ‘racist” isn’t ‘not racist’. It is ‘anti-racist’.....One either allows racial inequities…
Frederick Buechner Dreams No matter how prosaic, practical, and ploddingly unimaginative we may be, we have dreams like everybody else. All of us do. In them even the most down-to-earth and pedestrian of…
Uncategorized Faith is positive Faith is positive. It hopes for something. It looks to the future and imagines something better. In a perfect world, everyone wins. The gospel has a universal message: “God so…
Brian McLaren By the second half of life, they’ll be long gone Back in 2011, Richard Rohr wrote a book called Falling Upward. Richard, a warmhearted Franciscan brother, Catholic priest, insightful teacher, and bestselling author, is founder of the Center for Action…
Sabbath Curated by Kate Rademacher Many of us are exhausted, overwhelmed, and burnt-out. We’re anxious about our own lives, and we’re anxious about the state of the world. There is a…
Uncategorized Contributions of this book Though we intend for this book to be introductory, we also hope that it will make substantive contributions to larger conversations regarding reparations both inside and outside of communities of…
Brian McLaren “Question one moral absolute and you’ll soon be questioning everything.” For Sam, it started in the young adult Bible study group at his church. All the other group members believed that because a certain political candidate wanted to criminalize abortion,…
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…
Joan Chittister Where is God hiding? by Joan Chittister The search for God comes one day to the point where we know without a doubt that we are immersed in God. Bringing ourselves to finally recognize…
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,…
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Diana Butler Bass “Play unplugged my fear” It turns out that play and gratitude are linked. Mary Beth Sammons, coauthor of The Grateful Life, recalls how she struggled as her father and mother passed away—not quickly—but over…
Uncategorized Hope is Here An excerpt from God is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland, PhD “Being both Black and female in the aftermath of Trump’s election in 2016, I was beginning to connect…
Meditation and Mindfulness Curated by J. Dana Trent As Christians dedicated to the Gospel work, we are called to love and serve God, our neighbor, and ourselves. With Christ as our example, we…
Frederick Buechner The latest thoughts from Buechner: Frederick Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner) is an American writer and theologian. He is the author of thirty-eight published books and has been an important source of…
Uncategorized Renegades: Born in the USA Renegades: Born in the USA is a series of conversations between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen about their lives, music, and enduring love of America—despite all its challenges.