The Scandal Of Publix and The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: A Christian Critique
BY: BRIAN MCLAREN -- A Presbyterian minister enters a Publix grocery store in Florida to buy a...
Interfaith Misunderstanding in America
It's been a great year for interfaith misunderstanding in America.
There was a U.S. senator's wild allegation about Islamic extremists infiltrating the American government.
There are the ridiculous -- and ongoi...
A Story of Christian-Muslim Friendship: Entering Without Knocking
We all know the standard traditions of marriage in America: something borrowed, something blue... the groom doesn't see the bride before the wedding... processional and recessional... the kiss, the toast......
Speaking Out Is Complicated (And So Is Staying Silent)
For 24 years of my life, I was a church planter and pastor. At the beginning of those years, I would have gladly called myself an Evangelical. But those years coincided with the rise of the Religious Right...
Two Roads Diverged in the Evangelical Wood
When I was a young Evangelical Christian coming of age back in the early 1970s, I remember feeling that there were two paths before me. One was legalistic, anti-intellectual, combative and rigid. The other...
Could A Decline in Numbers Bring New Hope to Southern Baptists?
Although I’ve never been a Southern Baptist, I have a special place in my heart for them. I experienced a teenage, under-the-stars spiritual experience which occurred at a Baptist camp on a retreat hosted b...
A Father's Day Reflection
It’s daunting for me to even begin writing about Fathers’ Day … I’ve often said that fatherhood is probably the most meaningful experience in my life, and my debt to and love for my father goes beyond words...
Is the Quran Divinely Inspired?
Here's the Q:
I will keep this short and to the point. I am a devout Christian and will stay that way. But, I am also exploring Islam and trying to learn how to live at peace with our Muslim brothers and si...
My Thoughts on Sojourners, Coalition Building, and LGBTQ Rights
On my personal blog, I traced my journey on the issue of homosexuality and explored the challenges of coalition-building. It’s from this place that I’ve been reading about the recent critique of Sojourners o...
Who Will Be Our Next Monster to Fear?
On the death of Osama bin Laden, theologian Miroslav Volf expresses my sentiments when he writes:
"We are right to feel a sense of relief that a major source of evil has been removed. But we should reflect al...