Red Letter Christians

Excerpt from “Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism”

October 19, 2023

Christian Nationalism, Church Life, General, Global, Interfaith, Revival, Theology, Women

"When the Anonymous Disciple Is a Man:" An Excerpt from "Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism" When I took my first preaching class in seminary, one of our main tasks for th...

Excerpt from “The Deep Down Things”

Amber Haines and Seth Haines

October 17, 2023

Books, General, Interfaith, Revival, Theology

Since our young years of learning how to sense the bloom in a wine and how to cross the line just enough to get a good laugh out of a story, we’ve experienced our own table of shifting seasons. It has been loud...

“Ritual Acts”, an Excerpt from “Meaning in the Moment”

Amy Davis Abdallah

October 12, 2023

Books, Church Life, General, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Revival, Theology, Women

Ritual Acts Our bodies are not passive in rituals; they are active, and that increases the transforming power of rituals. In my sabbatical-ending ritual, I used physical things in a smaller, manageable syste...

Caught Up In The Rapture

Joel Simpson

October 10, 2023

Church Life, General, Interfaith, Revival, Theology

Christians have always talked about Christ returning. The earliest creeds of the church talk about Christ’s return. It’s also mentioned in some New Testament letters from people like the Apostle Paul. How...

A Word from the Holy Land: Global Immersion

Shane Claiborne

October 10, 2023

General, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Revival

Please watch this conversation with my friend Jer Swigart from Global Immersion -- LIVE from Jerusalem. He has been working for peace in the Holy Land for years, and he was at the iconic Church of the Holy Sepu...

Excerpt from “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future”, by Robert P. Jones

Robert P. Jones

October 5, 2023

Books, Christian Nationalism, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race, Revival, Theology

On May 4, 1863, the steamboat Northerner pushed up the Mississippi River from St. Louis, bound for Fort Snelling, a military outpost north of St. Paul, Minnesota. Just a few miles into the journey, Captain Alfr...

Brother Francis

Shane Claiborne

October 4, 2023

Church Life, General, Global, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence

St. Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226… So, this week Christians around the world celebrate his life. I wrote this little tribute. Brother Francis by Shane Claiborne Despite the fact that the...

St. Francis, Pray for Us

Shane Claiborne

October 4, 2023

Church Life, General, Global, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Revival, Theology

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published on the RLC blog on October 4, 2011. Today (October 4) Christians around the world celebrate the life of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the bright lights ...

We’ve Missed the Point of the Gospel

Tawnya Layne

October 3, 2023

Christian Nationalism, Church Life, General, Interfaith, Revival, Theology

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. –Mahatma Gandhi I love the church. As a member of several different congregations and denominations through...

Christian Criminal Justice

Matt Martens

September 28, 2023

Death Penalty, General, Politics, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology

As I’ve watched the national conversation concerning criminal justice play out among evangelicals in recent years, the focus has typically been either on the system’s inputs or on its output, meaning statistics...