Syria is Complicated, War is Not
AUGUST 10, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- When there is a conflict, our instinctive question is who to support. What that often boils down...
Hitler in Heaven?
JULY 23, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- You die. You ascend, or transmute, or do whatever happens, and end up in heaven. You are greeted...
Funeral Grace
BY: MORF MORFORD -- Not long ago I attended a funeral for a sixteen year old boy. He was a student at the school where my wife is a teacher...
Picking Up My Drum: what this white guy learned from Uncle Richard
BY: JIMMY SPENCER JR. -- Thank you Uncle Richard for gathering me to your community. I honor your life as an Elder. I celebrate your life...
Remembering Gordon Cosby, a Secret Legend
March 22, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Gordon Cosby had big dreams, but he lived small. He didn’t write lots of books...
You Can Be Pro-Choice Politically and Be A Pro-Life Advocate In Your Community
BY: ROMAL TUNE -- As a Christian and an ordained minister I have wondered if it is possible to be pro-choice politically but advocate...
Women in the Holy Land — Just Like Me
BY: LYNNE HYBELS -- The more I’ve seen life under a military occupation, the more I understand why so many women...
Death, Violence and America: Is God the Answer or the Problem?
Whenever there is a tragedy in America you can count on some politically saturated Christian leaders to rush in to make stupid statements. Certainly it has happened again with the heartbreaking murders in the S...
5 God Excuses to Avoid After a Natural Disaster
BY: KENT ANNAN -- In a natural disaster aftermath, whether caused by hurricane or earthquake or...
Possibilities: Is this what got Jesus killed?
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- Jesus revealed God in a way that had not been seen or imagined before - and encouraged those...