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...
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...
There Is Only Us, an Excerpt of “Loving the Hell out of Ourselves”
My therapist suggested that I let my feelings out in a controlled environment that was safe. So instead of driving too fast or eating the entire carto...
The Kingdom Is Yours
”The Kingdom Is Yours is a song for everyone who thought God left them when he was needed the most. The opposite is the most true. God shares his hope...
8 over 80: At 92, John Perkins still mobilizes Christian communities
At 8 a.m. on Tuesdays in July, as usual, John Perkins was participating in his weekly Zoom Bible study. Officially the leader and the attraction for t...
Beyoncé invites church girls to celebrate their freedom
“Lord, place me … I want to be centered in thy will.” Mixed with the sounds of the iconic pioneer of New Orleans bounce music, DJ Jimi, these words, w...
Love Thy Neighbor – Start with Hello
The invitation awaits us, but first we must choose. Will we believe the loudest voices, which warn us to choose sides quickly, dig in our heels, and rely on our own independence? Or will we trace the steps of Jesus himself, who invited us into abundance through his living testimony as a neighbor, awake and available to God’s goodness in his own city streets?