Books
Edifying discourses: Recommended reading
What books illuminate the organizational side of church life and practical dimensions of parish leadership? Four church leaders offer recommendations....
Adhering to Israel’s God
By Walter Brueggemann, Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy. (F...
Confessions of a scientist-theologian
By John Polkinghorne, Belief in God in an Age of Science. (Yale University Press, 160 pp.)...
The shape of the church
By Miroslav Volf, After Our Likeness: The CHurch in the Image of the Trinity. (Eerdmans, 313 pp.)...
End of innocence
By Marc Ellis, Unholy Alliance: Religion and Atrocity in Our Time. (Fortress, 224 pp.)...
May God Have Mercy, by John C. Tucker
By John C. Tucker, May God Have Mercy: A True Story of Crime and Punishment. (Norton, 358 pp.)...
Departments
Message to Israel: Hillary Clinton states the obvious
Hillary Clinton recently stated the obvious: the creation of a Palestinian state would be in the best interest of both the Palestinians and the Israelis. Her comment brought the expected storm of protest from Israel....
One that matters
We were driving home from soccer practice. I was talking with my 11-year-old son about his team and the drills they had done that evening. I did not anticipate the turn our conversation was about to take....
When we’re 64
Americans Discuss Social Security” is a new initiative supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts....
Lectionary
So explain it to me: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15
This Sunday's readings provide Bible backup for a nonscriptural word.