Barbara Brown Taylor “Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian” - from “Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others” by Barbara Brown Taylor - HarperOne One of my favorite authors, Paul Knitter, has written a book called “Without…
Barbara Brown Taylor The most troubling question of all was why my religion seemed so much less gracious That first field trip opened a whole new folder of questions for me, both as a person and as a teacher of young persons. Is it better to read about…
Uncategorized Former Obama Staffer Offers a Primer on Religion in Public Life https://religionandpolitics.org/2020/05/27/former-obama-staffer-offers-a-primer-on-religion-in-public-life/
Barbara Brown Taylor I miss a lot The fact that we need so much help understanding what we are looking at is a lesson in itself. How often do we assume that we know what we are…
Uncategorized Behind Trump’s demand to reopen churches: Slipping poll numbers and alarm inside his campaign from Politico https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/22/trump-churches-evaneglicals-coronavirus-274842
Marcus Borg “God is wholly other.” Initially seminary only deepened my doubt. There I learned two things about God that exacerbated the problem. On the one hand, much of what I heard reinforced my notion that…
Diana Butler Bass The language of mysticism and spiritual experience The language of mysticism and spiritual experience cuts a wide swath through the world’s religious traditions, and it presents an alternative theology, that of connection and intimacy. In Christian tradition,…
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…
Philip Yancey “Why?” by Philip Yancey That question comes up whenever tragedy strikes. We have no more definitive answer than Job got, when God appeared in person but evaded the question. We have…
Barbara Brown Taylor Christian Glasses Contrary to popular opinion, all religions are not alike. Their followers see the world in very distinct ways. Their understandings of the human condition proceed from different assumptions, leading them…
Philip Yancey Passover, Easter, and COVID-19 by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/passover-easter-and-covid-19
Father James Martin A conversation with Father James Martin: ‘Why did God let this happen?’ from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/04/06/a-conversation-with-father-james-martin-why-did-god-let-this-happen/
Philip Yancey Living in Plague Times by Philip Yancey https://philipyancey.com/living-in-plague-times You can also enjoy our interview with Philip
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…
Uncategorized Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To by N. T. Wright https://time.com/5808495/coronavirus-christianity/
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…
Religion News Service Few Americans see the Democratic presidential candidates as very religious, according to a survey released Thursday (Feb. 27) by Pew Research Center from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/02/27/what-religious-left-few-americans-see-democratic-presidential-candidates-as-religious/
Kaitlin Curtice A Community of Unknowing by Kaitlin Curtice A community of unknowing embraces those parts of our humanity and our sacred belonging that lean into how important it is to name the fact that we…
Religion News Service Solidarity over segregation: Faith-based coalitions organize across races, religions This story is one in a series by Religion News Service about the future of segregation and integration in American religion. People Acting for Community Together has helped Christians, Jews…
