Tagged cross

An Interview with Tennessee Activist, Justin Jones, On the #March4Mercy: “God is calling Us to Be on The Margins”

April 15, 2022

Death Penalty, Peace & Nonviolence, Race, Theology

On April 21—just days after Easter—Oscar Smith is set to be executed in Tennessee. The state has 32 people currently on death row and though they have written a letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to invite ...

The Weight and Wait of Tenebrae

March 30, 2022

Church Life, Theology

Light seems so much brighter when we are emerging from the darkness. This is why I need that Tenebrae service, to sit and bear witness to the darkness, to recognize it, and then to surrender it. Not surrender to the darkness, but to surrender the darkness.

Deconstructing Symbols that Terrorize

June 19, 2020

Global, Practical Justice, Race

We are seeing now that history is not as far in the past as we think it is, and something that is not symbolically significant to me may certainly mean something to others.

Cities, Crosses, and Lawsuits

Christopher Ashley

March 2, 2020

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

"What might it look like if a city populated primarily by Christians obeyed the commands of Christ?"

What Simon of Cyrene Can Teach Us About Welcoming Home the Formerly Incarcerated

Onleilove Alston

February 29, 2020

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Race

"Black men and women are not new to the faith and the witness of Simon of Cyrene; and Blacks of faith today can teach us a great deal."

Dialoguing Across Difference: Abortion & Big Tent Theology

February 26, 2020

Politics, Practical Justice, Revival, Theology, Women

We must do better — and it starts with each and every one of us.

‘Good Guys’ Carrying Guns & a Savior Who Carried a Cross

December 31, 2019

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Theology

Was this decision made with Christian mercy in mind?

The ‘Small’ Expectations of Jesus

Effendy Aritonang

December 23, 2019

General, Global, Practical Justice

We have uncritically equated financial and numerical growth with God’s favor.

Ted Cruz Takes Alyssa Milano to Bible Study — with an NRA Edition of the Bible

Shane Claiborne

September 6, 2019

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Theology

Gun violence is a pro-life issue.

Onward Christian Soldiers

July 4, 2019

Church Life, Politics, Theology

Attending church services around the 4th of July always makes me uneasy.