A Shout Out to St. Francis from My Dog (and me too)
BY: MARY ALBERT DARLING -- Many know St. Francis as an advocate for those Jesus called "the least of...
What the Body of Christ Can Learn From Fantasy Sports
BY: BRUCE REYES-CHOW -- A few months ago my family and I were out at some pizza joint and there was a...
Suffering, Tragedy and Doubt: 5 Mistakes Christians Make
BY: DEREK FLOOD -- Of all the reasons people lose their faith, by far the biggest is the experience of suffering and injustice. How can we help people struggling with this?
If I wasn’t Anabaptist, I’d probably become Anglican – Reflections on an ancient-future faith orientation
BY: KURT WILLEMS -- I’m Anabaptist, but even more than that, I’m a follower of the resurrected Jesus. If these two identifiers ever get...
A Child Shall Lead Them
BY: MORF MORFORD -- What’s the point of point of a theology if you can’t live it? Martin Luther used to say that your theology should make sense to a child...
Good Weeds: The Gospel as a Good Contagion
CS Lewis used to describe the Gospel as ‘a good contagion’. I would describe the continuing emergence or out-working of the Gospel as the equivalent o...
Leadership as a Code Word for Power
In the 1980′s there was a push within the Church to build leaders. The thinking was that effective leadership could spark the Church out of its malais...
Commendable in an Age of Short Cuts: Kings, Presidents and Prophets
The Presidential campaign has reached a fever-pitch. Exaggeration, half-truths and lies abound as each party scratches and claws toward election day ...
The Role of Satire, Snark and Sarcasm in Building Community
Photo by ganesha.isis on FlickrShort answer: there is none.
I recently stumbled upon a Les Miserables inspired video parody in support of a Barack O...
Why the “Christian life” isn’t worth living
For most of my life, I focused my faith on knowing Jesus through morality management. More accurately, Jesus was savior and the Spirit was the voice...