For These Next Seven Days: A Prayer for Those Filled With Dread
Let not our hearts sink into anxiety and dread by the unceasing spin cycle of 24 hour news or the bread and circuses of the imperial intrigue. Instead . . .
Cathedral of the Tropics and Worshipping Through a Pandemic
Our reactions and feelings of loss toward having our weekly temple worship stripped away might reveal something of an idolatry within us. Have we become too dependent, too anchored, too confined to the temple walls and to the warm fuzzies we get from the familiarity with our siblings in the church?
For Every Time: A Prayer for Moral Revival
For every time we preached about the blood of Jesus and did not talk about the blood of Breonna Taylor…George Floyd…Ahamad Arbury…Jacob Blake…and so many more…[Say all their names!]. We repent and we turn toward justice.
When Children Learn They Are Black
This society does not give voice, as a rule, to the experiences little children carry about how they “learned” they were black in this country.
Hurts That Hurt: A Litany for Surviving Trauma and Finding Help for Healing
For those of us who have survived war, abandonment, cancer, abuse, the loss of a loved one, or generational trauma, this litany is for us.
Disabilities and the Body of Christ
I think it’s more a reflection of the cultural values of strength, conformity, and health that we assume that any mention of a disability in the Christian world is also a cry for healing.
A Prayer Request for Tony and Update From the Campolo Family
Red Letter Community, please read the letter shared by Tony's family below:
Dear Friends,
On the evening of June 20 our father, Tony Campolo, had a stroke that partially paralyzed the left side of his fa...
Is the Rain Not Just?
God‘s justice is intimately tied to God‘s mercy.
Bless Me With Anger at White Supremacy
So that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people.
It’s Complicated: A Different Liturgy for Mother’s Day
You don't need me to tell you that Mother's Day is complicated for many. A two-second pause to contemplate the people in your life for whom the holiday might be painful would yield evidence enough that the day ...