This year, there were many opportunities to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation: Worship services, lectures, conferences, and multiple books, blogs, and columns. But now that the 500th anniversary of the Reformation has passed, what is next? Now what?
La Reforma: Regresando a lo básico
Este año hubo muchas oportunidades para conmemorar el aniversario de los 500 años de la Reforma: servicios de adoración, conferencias, ponencias, libros, blogs y columnas. Pero ahora que este aniversario ha pasado, ¿qué sigue? ¿Ahora qué?
Are Baptists still reforming?
We are still trying to catch up with Martin Luther in many areas and there are parts of the Reformation legacy we have not fully realized.
How I learned to be a better Christian from my dog
While I think that Mojo was the best dog to ever walk the planet, I suspect that many of our animal companions are able to sanctify us in similar and different ways if we allow ourselves to look and listen and learn.
From Romans to Revelation: How Christians began to stand against the Emperor
The book of Romans is often quoted by prominent preachers, even advisors to the current president, as justification for unyielding, unquestioning support of government. But context matters.
My rise, their fall: A theologian’s burden in response to the reality of sexual abuse
I may stand on the shoulders of theological giants, but John Howard Yoder’s egregious actions have forced my gaze downward only to see that I also stand on the hunched backs of Yoder’s victims. If I make it in this increasingly uncertain world of the theological academy, my rise will be due in part because of their fall.
But the Dow is at 23,000
It’s humbling and amazing to recognize that I live in the most financially successful nation in the history of the world — and it’s tragic and defeating to try to help people see how poor we really are, in so many important ways.
Pastors, politics and parishioners: Thoughts for engaging the issues
From Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority to William Barber II’s Moral Mondays, the last few decades in American life have seen a bolder and different kind of pairing of between the religious and the political, on all points of the spectrum.
A Bonhoeffer moment?
Is this “a Bonhoeffer moment” in American political, cultural and spiritual life? A lot of people, across the theological spectrum, seem to think as much, or at least find the question worth pursuing.
Following Jesus is about what you do, not what you believe
All the judgment parables in Matthew (as well as all the judgment texts in Mark and Luke) have to do with fruits — the consequences of our faith, rather than the content of our faith. Does that scare you? It shouldn’t.
#MeToo! Our culture of sexual predation
Many clergywomen have voiced their experiences of violation, often perpetrated by friends in seminary, senior pastors and judicatory leaders — many of whom were publicly affirming of women in ministry.
Time for me to say, #MeToo
Me too, for noticing the silence of men during this campaign and refusing to hold them, and me, accountable for embracing muteness.