Brian McLaren When the meaning and belonging modules are out of alignment Now when it comes to intellectual doubt, you’re dealing primarily with your meaning module, the part of your brain committee that thinks critically and analytically. But your meaning module’s independent…
Brian McLaren For them, the conceptual side of faith simply isn’t that important Some people don’t think much about their faith. For them, it’s primarily a matter of belonging (I enjoy being part of a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or dharma group) or…
Susan K. Smith Both the church and the state, when it came to racism, were weak from the start. As slavery continued to thrive in the United States, slave traders, many of whom called themselves Christian, participated in the business of selling human beings. As the economy of the…
Religion News Service Young evangelicals are leaving church. LGBTQ bias may be driving them away. As white evangelical denominations double down on their opposition to equality, many younger evangelicals, gay and straight, are voting with their feet. from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/08/06/young-evangelicals-are-leaving-church-resistance-to-lgbtq-equality-is-driving-them-away/
Catherine Meeks Opposing racism needs to be rooted in the vision of God’s dream The Christian faith is based upon being committed to God’s dream for us personally and communally. Our living creatively into the future involves our devotion to the compelling vision of…
Uncategorized White Christian Nationalism in the United States: An Online Mini-Conference https://raac.iupui.edu/programs/events/white-christian-nationalism-in-the-united-states-an-online-mini-conference/
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…
Religion News Service United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
Mark Feldmeir God loves the stranger and commands us to do likewise I cannot suggest what that should mean for you. One cannot legislate love. I can only remind you that in Scripture it is accepted without controversy or question: God loves…
Diana Butler Bass America is no longer as evangelical as it was — and here’s why by Diana Butler Bass Opinion: America is no longer as evangelical as it was -- and here's why - CNN
Diana Butler Bass Not Dead Yet White mainline Protestants now outnumber white evangelicals, and conventional wisdom goes out the window. by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/not-dead-yet
Brian McLaren When a paradigm fails For many of us, faith is our map of reality, our map of the universe. It tells us where we are, where we’ve been, where we’re going, where to turn.…
Rachel Held Evans ‘What Is God Like?’ Late author Rachel Held Evans’ first children’s book invites questions https://religionnews.com/2021/06/15/what-is-god-like-late-author-rachel-held-evans-first-childrens-book-invites-questions/
Brandan Robertson 6 Ways To Embrace True Inclusion In Your Faith Community by Brandan Robinson https://chalicepress.com/blogs/news/6-ways-to-embrace-true-inclusion-in-your-faith-community
Jeff Burns Growing Up White In The Segregated South: Forbidden Friendship by Dr. Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/growing-up-white-in-the-segregated-south-forbidden-friendship/
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…
Uncategorized This secessionist religion not only survived but also thrived After decades of regional tensions at the Triennial Conventions, where Baptists gathered to coordinate their church and missions work in the early eighteen hundreds, Baptists in the South brought the…
The Guardian ‘Allergic reaction to US religious right’ fueling decline of religion, experts say Alison Gill, vice-president for legal and policy at American Atheists, who authored a report into the creep of Christian extremism in the US, warned that the drop-off in religious adherence…
Lenny Duncan We must dismantle, destroy, and bury white supremacy. Dear Church: “O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones” (Ezekiel 7:4-5): We must dismantle, destroy, and bury white supremacy. In…
Brian McLaren Dismantling the White Nationalist Jesus by Caleb Lines and Brian McLaren https://www.redletterchristians.org/dismantling-the-white-nationalist-jesus/
Jana Riess On Joss Whedon, cancel culture, and the Bible I won’t be torching my Harry Potter books or throwing my Buffy DVDs on a bonfire. I’d have to throw my Bible to the flames as well. by Jana Riess…
