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Listen to the world's groaning (Romans 8:12–25)
Christians have long lived in denial of our deep creaturely connections.
Minister renounces ordination with Southern Baptists, seeing racism in denomination
Lawrence Ware's tipping point was a recent debate over a resolution to disavow white supremacy.
What if no one shows up?
Asking the question gives people space to discern the answer.
What makes for an undivided life?
True character is only formed over long periods of time.
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Matthew 15:10–28; Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32)
Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.
A political scientist tries to understand her state's rural residents
“The perception in small-town Wisconsin of being disadvantaged may not be accurate, but it’s not ridiculous, either.”
Writing about the Amish without romance
“I tried to remember that these are human beings, not caricatures.”
The strange hope of dystopian fiction since The Road
Surviving and communing together are sacred gestures.
Faith for the earth's survival
Environmental sustainability requires a Reformation-scale paradigm shift.
Muslim refugees to U.S. have decreased in 2017
Christians made up the majority of refugees admitted to the U.S. in the first five full months of the Trump administration.
Does baking a cake count as protected speech?
Like many legal and moral disputes, the case involving a Colorado bakery and a same-sex couple hinges on finding the right analogy.
What makes good soil? (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
If it were easy, we would have it all figured out already.
The allure of denial
It’s not that things are changing for our church. They’ve already changed.
The difference between wishing and hoping
Wishes are about what we want. Hope is about what God wants.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (1 Kings 19:9–18; Psalm 85:8–13; Romans 10:5–15; Matthew 14:22–33)
Both Elijah and Peter face a stark reality: fear.
To be vessel and passage
We receive a gift to carry and pour out to others. We are carved into channels through which God flows love.
What people need from their pastors
The ailing young man wanted to be face to face with God. I opened my shoebox.
The persecuted Assyrians, then and now
Thousands died, and many sacred places were destroyed—100 years before ISIS.