The Scandal Of Publix and The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: A Christian Critique
BY: BRIAN MCLAREN -- A Presbyterian minister enters a Publix grocery store in Florida to buy a...
Why We Need to Build This Meme: #JesusIsMyCandidate
BY: MORGAN GUYTON -- Every Christian who cares more about Jesus than winning arguments or staying...
Why Abortion Should Not Be Politically Decisive for Christians
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- I recall years ago on the Sunday before a national election a surprise awaited members of...
Staying "On Message" for Jesus
My congregation Burke United Methodist Church is doing a campaign this fall called Jesus is My Candidate: I Vote for Him Every Day. A dimension of thi...
(Un)Patriotic – Politics are Ugly
Politics are ugly. Especially in an election year.
Recent polls show this election is heating up, and the fury with which each side expresses their v...
Pussy Riot and the Temple Incident
I’ve been asking afresh why the political and religious authorities of Jesus’ day thought it necessary to conspire in his death. What did he do or say...
Covetous Leaders: How the Religious Right gets it Exactly Wrong
The authors of the Bible did not write with a constitutional democracy in mind. Nevertheless scripture offers guidance that can be useful to us in our...
How it All Happened: My Prayer at the DNC
It’s been a whirlwind.
I came home from work last Wednesday night, August 29th, flipped through the major network channels and was quickly disturbed...
God Doesn’t Need our Political Endorsement
One of the most disappointing political events I have witnessed this year as a Christian was the clumsy maneuvering two days ago by the Democratic Nat...
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 ...