Keep Watch: Peacemaking Through Advent
This Advent reader won’t just give you comfort and joy; it will tell you the truth of waiting.
Gospel Rewrite: The Holy Family Becomes Refugees
A creative retelling of Matthew 2 with the Holy Family as refugees.
Gospel Rewrite: Jesus and Healthcare
In December I began working for a non-profit law firm that provides free assistance to vulnerable Tennesseans trying to access affordable health care. One of our current challenges is fighting for the p...
From Behind the Walls, pt. 3: Freedom
AUG 5, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- The chapel in Building 11 was full. Incarcerated and free-world brothers and sisters interwove on...
From Behind the Walls, pt. 2: A Human Being (Almost) Died That Night
JULY 29, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- That particular Friday in December began as my Fridays usually did: quiet morning of...
From Behind the Walls, Pt. 1: Jesus Under Lockdown
JULY 21, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- Encountering Christ in prison was one of the primary purposes for my first visit to Riverbend Maximum...
“Peace and Justice Have Kissed”: Conflict Resolution in Israel-Palestine
Israeli bombs demolish Gaza. Hamas rockets launch toward Israel. Palestinians die in scores. Israelis take cover amidst the wailing sirens. The tit-for-tat violence has escalated and deescalated countless tim...
It’s Time to Stop Killing: A Former Tennessee Prison Chaplain on Capital Punishment
JULY 8, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- I am firmly against capital punishment. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, where the state’s "death row...