2020 – Red Letter Christians

Reflections from a Recovering Christian Nationalist Leading to the Anniversary of January 6th

January 4, 2022

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was being thoroughly discipled in Christian Nationalism: the idolatrous entangling of God and country for the sake of power.

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee

November 24, 2021

Creation & Environment, General, Race

But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

Easter Encouragement for the Spiritually Homeless

Rachel Ophoff

March 30, 2021

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Theology

I can at least aim for a level of peace that transcends understanding. “Christ The Lord is Risen Today” will surely be available on YouTube.

Choosing Love at Belonging’s Expense and Wondering What Now

Jenna Wysong Filbrun

March 15, 2021

Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice

It is awfully convenient to believe the right thing to do is whatever you want, at anyone else’s expense. It felt like the lives of the sick and vulnerable didn’t matter. Then George Floyd was murdered.

On the Anniversary of the Shut-Down: A Prayer for What Was, Is, and Is to Come

Britney Winn Lee

March 12, 2021

Books, General, Global

It’s been a long road, and it’s not over, though it does seem to be changing. And we felt we couldn’t let this moment pass without marking it together in some way.

A Viral Prayer in the Age of COVID-19

Cameron Bellm

February 19, 2021

Global, Interfaith, Politics

It was a moment, a moment of extraordinary unity and goodwill. I am afraid the moment has passed. We are a year in now.

Sunday Words on Weekdays

Marianne Abel-Lipschutz

February 15, 2021

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

The loved one is in prison, the hospital, hospice, quarantine, or serving abroad. Some extended families face all of these circumstances at once right now. Yet the scriptures don’t avoid the expectation to feel joy.

How to Do Church During a Pandemic

Andrew Lee

February 15, 2021

Church Life, General

Especially during a time when it feels like we are all suffering, when no one is really “healthy” and giving out of an abundance of energy, time, or resources, I battle two conflicting motivations.

Oh God, Where Are You Now?

Esther Sparks

December 22, 2020

Art, General, Global

If you’re on any kind of a spiritual journey, there inevitably comes a day when all the usual “lights” go out.

Emmanuel Understands Limitations

Sue Fulmore

December 20, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

While rulers in Palestine at the time of Jesus’s coming clutched their power, the King-over-all was laying his down. He ushered in a new order, an upside-down kingdom.