Post midterms, polarization prevails. Yet there is much legislative work to do for the common good. How might that happen?
Finances and staff: a difficult but necessary conversation for churches
Whatever we believe the Kingdom is to look like in the coming season of our congregation’s life is what reigns supreme when it comes to priorities for facilities, staff, structures and finances.
Amid all the fear-mongering about a refugee ‘caravan,’ Christians need to mount a crusade
Is Christian America really going to sit silent as our government sends thousands of soldiers to the southern border to deny asylum to refugees?
Have all our short-term mission trips to Latin America shaped our response to the migrant ‘caravan’?
Over the past dozen years, nearly 13 million American Christians have participated in short-term mission trips to Latin American countries. Where are those 13 million Jesus-followers now when their voices and actions are most needed?
Words matter. What if the source of our words matters as much as the words themselves?
Faced with the overwhelming abundance and appalling emptiness of human speech these days, something inside me wants to follow Job’s lead and “lay my hand over my mouth.”
On Election Day, I’ll be watching for signs of repentance from white evangelicals
On Tuesday night, I’ll watch election returns to see whether white people who call themselves evangelical followers of Jesus will, again, prove that they prize white supremacy above the inclusive and liberating gospel of divine grace, truth, justice and peace.
Is the rise in anti-Semitism one of the Church’s unpaid bills?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer told his seminary students, “Only he who cries out for the Jews may sing Gregorian chants.” As Christian worshipers stand to sing on Sunday, we would do well to remember Bonhoeffer’s confession.
Trusting in God’s miracle of restored eyesight – and in the miracle of modern science
I showed up for eye surgery with a faith-filled calm, trusting that come what may, God would be with me. But, I also bore the confidence that in a few days I will see, quite literally, yet another miracle – the miracle of modern science.
As a pastor, I’m not a fan of ministers telling people how to vote
Imagine how good government could be if those who say God is love took love for the poor, the desire for peace and an insistence on honesty into the voting booth. What wonderful things would happen if our values were derived from virtue rather than partisanship?
Letter to the Editor: Moral Majority and Vote Common Good are not moral equivalents
Contrary to Jonathan Frank’s opinion article, the Moral Majority and Vote Common Good are not the same at all.
The language of violence and the sound of white people clapping
I kept hearing the sound of white people clapping and chanting “Lock HER up!”, “Lock HIM up!” (referencing Hillary Clinton and George Soros even after bombs mailed to them were found), and “CNN sucks!” (also after a bomb was found). And clapping their agreement for rhetorical images that include “enemies of the people,” “immigrant invaders” and a “low IQ” black woman.
I talked on TV about the Pittsburgh massacre. Our 11-year-old’s response said more
American Christians cannot sit on the sidelines when hate and anti-Semitism are so brazenly displayed in the public square. We cannot be silent in the face of evil.