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Seven progressive Christian leaders win in midterms

Seven progressive Christian clergy or lay leaders who ran for office in the 2026 midterm elections won their races Nov. 3. Headlining that list is Adam Hamilton, founding pastor of Church of the Resurrection, a United Methodist congregation in suburban...

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Lessons from this year’s Theology Beer Camp

The theology nerds who show up at Theology Beer Camp are steering a middle path between Christian nationalism and anti-religious secularism.    We think the Christian church went off the rails in the fourth century when it climbed into bed with…

In conversation with Will Brown

Sometimes theology walks through the front door before we are ready for it. Before we have read the book. Before we called our seminary professor. Before the deacons have formed a committee, the pastor has prepared a sermon series or…

The long train ride home

“The Gospel Train” promises: The fare is cheap and all can go, The rich and poor are there. No second class aboard this train, No difference in the fare. The song served as a “code song” for the Underground Railroad….

‘It’s all about Jesus, stupid’

In 1992, James Carville was a strategist in Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. He was trying to keep the campaign on message, so he hung a sign in the campaign headquarters that included the now famous phrase, “The economy, stupid.” The…

Voting the Ten Commandments

While much has been written about the direct link between conservative evangelicalism and support for MAGA, there’s an opposite link less talked about. These are self-identified Christians who vote MAGA despite their theology. “These things are not related,” one MAGA…