The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...
Americans are deeply split along demographic lines, but there aren’t many demographic characteristics that embody America’s cultural divide better than gun ownership.
As the American pilgrims approached Wartburg Castle, they let their imagination rewind five centuries to the night when Martin Luther was “kidnapped” by masked horsemen and hustled deep into the forest.
Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the oversight of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and Lecturer on…
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Might churches claim and enact a kind of gospel triage, responding with immediacy and intentionality to the external/internal struggles of persons impacted by gun violence?
Where are the churches willing to model vulnerability? I’ll tell you what they look like. They have given up on Christendom. They have given up on the notion that they hold some place of privilege in our culture.
It’s time to change the “empowerment” conversation. Development organizations’ programs must be evaluated on whether they enable women to increase their potential for political mobilization, to create sustainable gender equality.
Weddings already scheduled at First Methodist Church in Austin, Texas, across the street from the state capitol, will take place as planned. The church vote means that, at least for the time being, no new marriage ceremonies will be scheduled.
It didn’t take long for some preachers to start telling us why God caused the horrible mass murder in Las Vegas. Pat Robertson led the way, declaring it was divine retribution for “disrespect” for Donald Trump in America.
Can we feel that there are human beings, very close to us, created in God’s image, who are being buried? If we cannot, perhaps we need to be silent and attentive in order to listen to their stories of suffering due to spiritual, social, economic, and/ or physical conditions that are foreign to us.
Amy and I had a fight last week. Well, let’s call it a disagreement. Since we share all pastoral responsibilities at our church, we try to be careful to distinguish between professional and personal issues. I think this was both….
Islam is the most common state religion, but many governments give privileges to Christianity.
