If you consider yourself a thoughtful Christian, then this is the Year in Review for you.
The Christianity Today editorial: exposing the American evangelical dilemma
Like it or not, the evangelical dilemma has implications for the way much of Christianity is viewed throughout American culture. The magazine’s now infamous editorial simply punctuated that reality.
Pastors as entrepreneurial business leaders: Time to put the brakes on this trending expectation?
We need more conversation about how to cull the role of the pastor from all that we layer on it. But the particular work of the pastor today includes the integral tasks of connecting, cohering and completing.
‘What shall I give him?’ Robert Dilday gave a humble heart invested in the right things
Giving our heart to Jesus is not only a private soteriological exchange; it has to do with a reoriented life that puts the well-being of others ahead of selfish interests. It is a persistent attempt to live as Jesus did, in the power of the Spirit.
What the walking wounded need for Christmas
How my spinal cord injury happened during routine surgery two years ago hasn’t mattered to me for a good while; but the why and wherefore still get me. Now I’m just angry. And being a good Christian, I feel guilty for being angry.
Christmas in times like these: finding hope in the faith of a pre-Christmas people
Perhaps the only way to really experience Christmas as it was intended is to renew the faith of a pre-Christmas people who did not yet know the Savior whose justice and righteousness we seem to stubbornly resist at every turn
Companions of Jesus: partnering with followers of other faiths to pursue God’s vision of peace
An international gathering in Abu Dhabi was a hopeful sign of interfaith collaboration in peacemaking.
Christianity doesn’t need saving; people do
I have come to realize that Christianity hasn’t, doesn’t and won’t ever need saving. At its best, Christianity is a faith that dies again and again and again for the sake of other people.
Impeached. Congress did its job. Will people of faith have the moral courage to do theirs?
Will faithful people have the moral clarity and courage to declare that Trump’s impeachment was warranted – and that it stands as judgment on the character of his leadership?