Advent 4: Incarnating God’s Strength
Let us reflect on the words of the prophets Mary and Micah who tell us what it means for a human to fulfill the will of God.
Called to Respond: Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
Christians today must respond in the name of a more authentic Christ of the gospels.
Wakanda Forever: Cultivating Moral Imagination & Beloved Community
What if the theologies of resistance that we cultivate in this moment were rooted in the possibility of Wakanda?
A New World Is Possible: Reviving the Soul of America
Revivalism is a very American way of responding to social crisis. The revivals of the Second Great Awakening called for conversion to Jesus that went beyond personal piety and the promise of heaven.
#LentTogether: The Cost of Discipleship, in Community
As we reorient ourselves toward Christ in this season of Lent, we must remember that doing so tangibly and fundamentally means reorienting ourselves toward our neighbor.
Conservative Evangelical Christianity, The Death of America
The tenets of true freedom, divine dignity, and equality for all are the ultimate obstacles to conservative evangelical Christianity’s battle to take the hill and lord itself over our country.
Will America Pick Up Its Cross?
Today the colonizing spirit leads Christian conferences to flash all (or nearly all) white speaker lineups without a blush, promote white worship music as the gold Christian standard around the world, and build mega churches in the mold of mega malls and amusement parks that serve hundreds of thousands music and scripture disconnected from parishioners’ local contexts and needs.
Big Trouble Comin’: An Interview with Walter Brueggemann
Big trouble comin’ is hope for those on the underside.
Christianity, Empire, and a USS Mother Teresa?
NOV 23. 2013 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- Since the First Century, if not before, the choice of people of faith has been between empire approved....
The Next American Revival
When the gospel connects with a person’s deep need, conversion happens. Every evangelical knows this. When the gospel connects with society’s deep need, revival happens. Sometimes we forget this.
But the H...