A Prayer for Those Experiencing Trauma
Gracious and Eternal God:
You are the God and Father of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus, the Christ.
Lord God, I thank You for Your grace and Your mercies;
And I thank You that Your faithfulness is everlasting; ...
I’ve Been Praying for You
It all started with an article in my local newspaper.
The article stated over the next 13 months Tennessee would carry out 11 executions! It had been over a decade since the last execution. Now, in a relativ...
On Longing and the Asbury Revival
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on The Corners by Nadia Bolz-Weber. Shared with permission.
As I write this, I have a YouTube livestream open and playing in the background, listening to th...
Why students at a Kentucky Christian school are praying and singing round the clock
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service.
Students have packed the chapel and overflow spaces at Asbury University for nearly a week, holding round-the-clock prayer and wors...
Bless Their Hearts: A Southerner’s Response to Christian Nationalism and other “Ordinary Radicals”
I have lived in the south, specifically Georgia, for my whole life. My family is from the mountains of Appalachia, the stickiness of Macon, the giant KFC robot chicken in my hometown (I know, but it makes sen...
An Excerpt from “Reparations: A Plan For Churches”
Introduction
Six years ago, Georgetown University acknowledged that in 1838 it sold 272 enslaved people of African descent to prop up its failing finances. The university followed that acknowledgment with a pr...
Being Jesus’ Instruments For Life, Justice, and Amplifying The Voices of Those In The Margins
As Christ-followers, we are to live as Paul states in Galatians 2:20a.
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Only by living according to this spiritual t...
Launching TODAY! Shane Claiborne’s “Rethinking Life”
Chapter 1: Life Is Good
Our goal is to develop a comprehensive, all-encompassing ethic of life that compels us to be champions of life, to cherish life, and to defend it passionately. To do that, we need a fou...
What Black History Means to Me as a White Woman
At a time of increasing backlash to the teaching of America’s racial history, one might ask, “What does Black history mean to America?” and, “What does Black history mean to White people?”
Certainly, our natio...
Launching Next Week! Shane Claiborne’s “Rethinking Life”
Introduction
An Invitation to Love Life
I grew up in the heart of the Bible Belt, in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. I fell in love with Jesus there. Sunday school, youth group, Young Life, Fellowship o...