Church Life

The Christian Right and the Decline of White Evangelicalism

July 30, 2021

Christian Nationalism, Church Life, General, Politics

In short, the quantitative and qualitative evidence – and, I will add, my own anecdotal evidence – strongly support the argument that the Christian Right has been a primary factor in the decline of white evangelicalism in the last decade and the dramatic rise of the nones since the 1990s.

Worth Fighting For: A Word from the Desens House

Dean Wright

July 29, 2021

Church Life, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology, Women

Standing in the midst of that house in chaos felt like a refection on the chaos of my soul over the past few years. After being very active in our church, I had hit a season of exhaustion and burnout.

The Calling of Transformation

Morf Morford

July 26, 2021

Church Life, General, Interfaith

These are the people who follow the calling we are all called to follow: to leave a trail of transformation wherever we go. There is no greater calling.

3 Roots of Discrimination in God’s Church

Todd Lollar

July 10, 2021

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

You may be surprised what people deem as secular society is not where I’ve experienced the most discrimination as a person who is differently abled.

Blessing a Cultural Threshold

Dori Baker

July 9, 2021

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Practical Justice

A threshold is a place of letting go of an old identity and waiting on a new identity to emerge. It is a liminal moment when the sacred is being born in us, a time of unravelling and slowly reknitting back together.

Brian McLaren, Doubt, and Decoding

Britney Winn Lee

July 2, 2021

Books, Church Life, Theology

It’s time, McLaren says with a clear tone of fearless urgency. In a world riddled with division, stuffed with nuclear warheads, and barrelling down a storyline of extinction, we need harmony more than ever. We need Stage Four churches making room for all four stages to exist and lead to love.

Liturgy for Flag Removers

Meagan Ruby Wagner

July 2, 2021

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

May we not litter our sacred spaces with the flags that we do not (ought not) worship. Christ, have mercy on our American dreams.

3 Things the Church Probably Didn’t Teach You About Sex

Andrew Lee

June 28, 2021

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

There is so much more the church can do to celebrate sexual relationships. Sex should be talked about in the church. We won’t always get it exactly right, but I personally think it’s important to begin starting conversations somewhere.

Propositional Church in a Wounded World

Morf Morford

June 21, 2021

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

What were those “statements of faith” in the light of tragedy? Social upheaval? Personal challenges? Difficult relationships? Crisis? Or even encounters with wonder and discovery?

The Church Is Not a Business

Sarah Styf

June 9, 2021

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

Ministry cannot happen without financial support from the very people who are participating in that ministry. But how should we handle Christian organizations when the survival of the institution comes at the expense of the very people the organization is supposed to serve?