Frederick Buechner Kingdom of God The Kingdom of God is not a place, of course, but a condition. Kingship might be a better word. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done," Jesus prayed. The two…
Kaitlin Curtice 10 Books by Indigenous Authors to Get Us Through 2020 by Kaitlin Curtice https://kaitlincurtice.com/2020/04/09/10-books-by-indigenous-authors-to-get-us-through-2020/
Marcus Borg Days of Awe and Wonder From “Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the 21st Century” by Marcus Borg A portion of the Foreword by Marianne Borg: I want to identity…
Uncategorized Palm Sunday and the Gift of Disillusionment How the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry—and my chronic pain diagnosis—helped me trade in false hopes for a truer picture of God. by Jonathan Merritt https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/april-web-only/jonathan-merritt-palm-sunday-gift-disillusionment.html
Kathleen Norris Feeling antsy? Morose? Kathleen Norris offers tips to cope with acedia https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/feeling-antsy-morose-kathleen-norris-offers-tips-cope-acedia
Diana Butler Bass Where is God? “Where is God?” is one of the most consequential questions of our times. Some stubbornly maintain that a distant God sits on his heavenly throne watching all these things, acting…
Kathleen Norris At A Window, New York City When I drink I'm the only one here: a nun with baggage, a scholar duck-walking, a shard for archeologists above the Manhattan Fault. An exile from Afghanistan might find his…
Joan Chittister An audacity we didn’t know we had by Joan Chittister https://mailchi.mp/benetvision/do-no-harm-to-the-earth-746445
Barbara Brown Taylor Existential Dizziness Some are questioning whether the churches they grew up in have anything to offer them as they make their ways in a culture of many cultures with many views of…
Frederick Buechner Observance A religious observance can be a wedding, a christening, a Memorial Day service, a bar mitzvah, or anything like that you might be apt to think of. There are lots…
Philip Yancey What Makes Shakespeare Great? (Part 1) by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/what-makes-shakespeare-great-part-i
Adam Hamilton Give – Generosity and Joy by Adam Hamilton https://www.adamhamilton.com/blog/give-generosity-and-joy#.XknEs2hKhPY
Barbara Brown Taylor A conversation with Barbara Brown Taylor This interview focuses on two of her books, her latest, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others and the book she wrote in 2006, Leaving Church: A Memoir…
John Pavlovitz The White Evangelical Church Has Failed Us All by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/01/17/the-white-evangelical-church-has-failed-us-all/
James Baldwin 10 James Baldwin Books to Read in Your Lifetime https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a26012817/best-james-baldwin-books/
Rachel Held Evans By Challenging Evangelicals, She Changed Them The New York Times interviews Dan Evans, husband of the late Rachel Held Evans. "This week, 'The Daily' is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking…
Frederick Buechner Five Books for Frederick Buechner Beginners Chosen by Jeffrey Munroe, author of “Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher” (InterVarsity Press). https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/five-books-frederick-buechner-beginners-jeffrey-munroe.html
Sophfronia Scott Writing and Living into the Next Thought by Sophfronia Scott I find myself in an odd place. I’m mapping the landscape of a fresh loss even as I am untangling a transition in one of my essays.…
Diana Butler Bass Quid Pro Woe by Diana Butler Bass https://mailchi.mp/ab31abf71aae/the-cottage-870747?e=7b45ddc50b
Diana Butler Bass, Philip Gulley, Richard Rohr If We Were Christian by Richard Rohr, including quotes from Diana Butler Bass, Philip Gulley, and Mercy Amba Oduyoye https://cac.org/if-we-were-christian-2019-11-01/
