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Paul didn’t pen 1 Corinthians 13 for weddings and Valentine’s Day celebrations

Love gets a lot of hype in February. But what kind of love are we celebrating? Too often we concede the concept of love to a cultural definition that adversely affects our relationships, especially at church.

Pablo no escribió 1 Corintios 13 para bodas y celebraciones del Día de San Valentín

El amor se pone muy de moda este mes. ¿Pero qué tipo de amor estamos celebrando? Con demasiada frecuencia, nuestro concepto del amor se reduce a una definición cultural que afecta negativamente nuestras relaciones, especialmente en la iglesia.

Black lives matter to me. Tragically, they mattered little in my segregated upbringing

Members of my (white) generation continue to recognize the pernicious stain of racism in our politics, economics and community relations. It seems we cannot ever fully repent as we learn how systemic racism is and how it has shaped the Christian imagination.

Our culture needs Jesus followers with the wisdom to navigate between righteous anger and gospel tenderness

How can Christians navigate between righteous anger and gospel tenderness in a Church that often seems too divided, too weak and too panicked to respond to contemporary challenges?

My seminary has closed. But churches are closing too, and it’s time to face some hard questions

A Baptist seminary has closed. But every day churches are closing too. How might we respond to this reality now, rather than delaying decision-making until we are forced to permanently lock the church doors, shutter the windows and turn out the lights?

Evangelicals have lost moral credibility. But there are signs of self-confrontation that could lead to reconciliation, even revival

Whatever moral credibility American evangelicals once had, they have lost. They have chosen to die on the 45th hill, and it has been painful and despairing to watch. Our nation desperately needs strong faith communities that are able to articulate a clear moral voice, even if it convicts them, too.

Gov. Northam is not an outlier: American Christianity’s tolerance for white supremacy

Tragically, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam isn’t an outlier. He merely offers the latest, high-profile evidence of the deep and bitter truth about white Christianity’s toleration of, and complicity in, the sin of white supremacy.

Flight or invisibility: revisiting a classic theological question

In middle school we debated the great theological question: which superpower – flight or invisibility? I secretly preferred a third option: stopping time. But today what I need is the ability to be alive in this moment, in what Paul Tillich called the “eternal now.”