What Lament Has to Do with Justice Anna Howard June 4, 2020 General, Race, Theology Without lament we don’t have a vehicle for repentance and we can’t move into shalom.
While It Was Still Dark: A Requiem for Rachel Held Evans Nadia Bolz-Weber June 3, 2019 Church Life, General, Theology, Women Mary Magdalene’s life, Rachel’s life, your lives — we are all fodder for God’s really really long memoir of how God loves humans.
Grieving, But Not Leaving, the United Methodist Church James Howell March 3, 2019 Church Life, LGBTQ+, Theology The wise never make a decision when under duress. Time will tell. We will see what unfolds.
Holiday Grief: An Unwelcome Guest Deserving of Radical Hospitality Tony Caldwell December 14, 2018 Family and Parenting, General Grief is an emotional, mental, and spiritual wound — and this is precisely because it is a relational wound.
Getting Through A Christmas of Grief Jana Riess December 3, 2018 Books, Family and Parenting, Theology I wish I had had this book six years ago, when my mother was dying.
Stand in the Name of Love Alvin Herring October 30, 2018 Interfaith, Politics, Practical Justice When practiced with fidelity, our faiths are only about love.
Death in September Angela Denker September 14, 2018 Church Life, Family and Parenting, General, Theology I am a person who often chooses cynicism over hope.
3 Lessons From a Pastor Up Close to the Kentucky School Shooting Richie Clendenen January 27, 2018 Church Life, General, Theology 2 How can we work together as a faith community to help serve and minister to people in the grip of shock, pain, emotional trauma, grief and loss?
The Wrong Choice? An Advent Meditation Anton Flores December 23, 2017 Church Life, Family and Parenting, General, Theology Did Mary make a wrong choice? We know how the story ends, but viscerally I cannot fathom the toll her son’s suffering took upon her life.
Our Come to Jesus Moment: The Boston Declaration Elaina Ramsey November 22, 2017 Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice, Race, Theology 10 Taking a page from the Old Testament, a diverse group of theological experts recently gathered in Boston wearing sackcloth and ashes to dramatize their grief over the corruption of U.S. Christianity.