Theology

Struggle is Faithfulness: Thoughts from Inside Chronic Illness

May 25, 2021

However, is God directly responsible for one person’s healing while another suffers or dies? When God gets credit for the first outcome but not the second, it leaves the second person (and/or their loved ones) invisible, insignificant, and clearly excluded from God’s circle of care.

John Wayne, Jesus, and The End of Innocence

Rachel Ophoff

May 18, 2021

Books, Politics, Theology

The short answer, according to Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez, is that a man like Donald Trump is exactly whom they were expecting. Nothing like Jesus. But a lot like John Wayne.

Tired of Looking for the Exit

Jonathan D'Elia

May 11, 2021

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Theology

There are kids, teens, and adults at your church that are LGBTQ+. They’re wondering if there’s a place for them. And more will be coming. Or maybe they won’t. Not because they aren’t seeking Christ, community, and Biblical truth, but because they’re tired of being rejected. They're tired of looking for the exit.

Come to Me All You Who are Angry

Esther Sparks

May 10, 2021

Church Life, General, Theology

Sketch drawn from a photograph in the Associated Press. A woman in the crowd lowers her mask to wail when she hears the grand jury decision regarding the death of Breonna Taylor.

My Breast Cancer Revealed a Mothering God

Kendra Weddle

May 3, 2021

General, Theology, Women

Now that I am in the post treatment phase punctuated by periodic check-ups, the everydayness of cancer has receded. In its wake, however, I am left with an indelible mark. A mark that has made all of the difference.

Good Fruit and Where We’ve Gotten It Wrong

Meagan Ruby Wagner

April 26, 2021

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Theology

LBGTQ youth from religious backgrounds are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their unchurched LGBTQ peers. This ought to be a wake up call for the church. This ought to be a siren.

A Review of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

Melanie Springer Mock

April 22, 2021

Books, Practical Justice, Theology

Allison’s work should compel Christians to contemplate the destruction wrought by purity culture, in our churches and homes and summer camps and institutions: in other words, every place where people thought they were safe, until the church leaders in their lives failed them, all in the name of purity.

Pat Robertson’s Not Woke, He’s the Reason You Should Be

Jonathan Walton

April 21, 2021

General, Race, Theology

So a moment where someone is able to condemn murder and distinguish a Glock from a Taser might be retweeted or shared thousands of times, but it is not confession, repentance, and rebuke of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and nationalist ideas that he has preached and platformed for the last 60 years.

Welcome to Wilderness Church: Where Stubborn Faith Makes Resurrection Possible

Robyn Dyba

April 7, 2021

Church Life, General, Theology

It is a mass exodus of individuals. And it is a lonely exodus. Not only have I lost the community I once had, I found myself without a community to enter.

Easter Won’t be Cancelled

Morf Morford

April 6, 2021

Church Life, General, Theology

Perhaps the lesson of Easter still stands: no stone, no guards, no jeering crowds, no pious bureaucracy, no political compromise will ever hold back, or even begin to contain the living Truth.

Struggle is Faithfulness: Thoughts from Inside Chronic Illness

John Wayne, Jesus, and The End of Innocence

Tired of Looking for the Exit

Come to Me All You Who are Angry

My Breast Cancer Revealed a Mothering God

Good Fruit and Where We’ve Gotten It Wrong

A Review of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

Pat Robertson’s Not Woke, He’s the Reason You Should Be

Welcome to Wilderness Church: Where Stubborn Faith Makes Resurrection Possible

Easter Won’t be Cancelled

Consistent and Faithful Witnesses

The Church Is Not a Business

How the Year of Jubilee Challenges Us to Confront Monopoly Power

Lovers of Peace Must Organize

The ‘Single-Issue Voter Club’ and the Fight Against Gun Violence