Sojourners
Episode 14: Ken Shigematsu
Matt talks to the senior minister of Tenth Church in Vancouver about Canadian evangelicalism, becoming a preacher, and swimming as sermon prep.
Episode 12: Leslie Callahan
Matt talks to the senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist in Philadelphia about being the first female pastor there, the clash between her Pentecostal background and her religious studies education, and the false choice between good news and lament.
Episode 11: Tee Gatewood
Matt talks to the pastor of Arbor Dale Presbyterian in Banner Elk, North Carolina, about weekly preaching, the preaching persona, and Tee’s unique method of sermon prep.
Episode 10: Jim Wallis
Matt talks to the president of Sojourners about radical student politics, preaching at Davos, and activism as a form of proclamation.
Progressive Evangelicals and the Pursuit of Social Justice, by Brantley W. Gasaway
Brantley Gasaway contends that the progressive evangelical movement "stands as strong as ever." Which is to say, not very strong at all.
reviewed by David R. Swartz
Protesting an ‘immoral’ budget: Civil disobedience by progressive Christians
In a direct action by church progressives who have repeatedly decried the federal spending cuts affecting the poor, more than 100 activists were arrested for blocking an entrance to a congressional office building during a frigid, pre-Christmas confrontation.