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...
A Pastoral Word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry (Episcopal Church) on the Death of Tyre Nichols
Editor’s Note: Originally published on the Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs website on January 28, 2023. Shared with permission.
Sens...
What Is an Orphaned Believer?
God loves the sojourner. Deuteronomy 10:18 says, “He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you.”
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It’s Time for a Franciscan Renaissance
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published in TRENDS in Global Grassroots Organizing, December 2022 issue.
We live in a time of confli...
As We Enter Black History Month, ‘Do Not De-Radicalize King’
Editor’s Note: Originally published on the RLC Blog January 31, 2018.
Editor’s Note: As we move towards the month where we celebrate the life o...
To the Christian Nationalists Who Attacked the Capitol in Jesus’ Name
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service.
In the New Testament's Letter of Paul to the Galatians, the apostle Pau...
Waiting in a Right Now World
We live in a time of instant mashed potatoes and overnight shipping. No longer do I have to go with our family to Blockbuster to pick a movie, which t...
Magnificat: The Mothers of Advent
Mary didn’t fight; Mary sang. She stood in the tradition of Deborah, wise judge and mighty warrior, singer of the oldest song in scripture. She channe...
Worth Fighting For: A Word from the Desens House
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.
God’s Up to Something: Laboring in Expectation
What a time to be alive. What a time to be a part of a movement, a revolution, a holy uprising of love in the world. Thank you for being a part of Red Letter Christians. We look forward to all that God is going to do in 2021.