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The church that returns from lockdown will not be the church that left the building

We have learned some things about ourselves during these weeks as physically scattered churches. The poignant question may not be how will WE as the church emerge, but rather first how will I emerge? Or, what part(s) of the body am I now?

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Without choirs or bands, churches seek to provide congregants with music virtually

While many churches have become more adept producing online services during the COVID-19 crisis, the music aspect of congregational worship is still a challenge to recreate virtually.

A lowdown, dirty shame: Ahmaud Arbery’s murder and the unrenounced racism of white Christians

I do not desire your tears, pity, lip service or guilt. What I, and I think many black Christians, are looking for from white Christians is renunciation. And only the genuine kind that includes a pledge to consistent advocacy and action for racial justice.

Funny when you think about it: serious reflections on faith

Writing a column for BNG forces me to pay attention. Once a month I get to ask, “What’s happening that people of faith want to read about?”

10 pandemic takeaways, personal and pastoral

I sense our country is at a rare moment, quietly listening. The gospel message is going deeper than usual. The crucified, risen Messiah is relevant.

The vital work ahead: evangelizing the evangelicals and demythologizing the empire

We are being called to die for an economy that only works for a handful of people. The racial caste system brutalizes black and other communities of color, while dangling just enough opportunity to white people to keep the system intact and to prevent most of us from revolting.

I have a few choice words for people protesting public health directives. Then I hear that still, small voice.

As disciples of Jesus, we do not have the luxury of hating people, writing people off, dehumanizing them or wishing them ill, even when they are acting in the worst ways possible.

Churches are compelled to support practices to combat pandemic

“Through their actions, they’re not just harming people in our community, they’re harming and putting members of their own congregation at risk.”

Much has changed over the past two months. Some changes are worth holding on to.

Let’s pray that, in some ways, our world never returns to its pre-COVID-19 “normal.”

Ahmaud Arbery and a pandemic of injustice

The novel coronavirus crisis has ushered in a pandemic of injustice. A central theme in this story is that the most vulnerable among us have been the most deeply impacted by a sickness that does not discriminate.

Churches (cautiously) prepare to reopen as states lift COVID-19 restrictions

Many churches are taking a slow, methodical approach to returning to in-person worship even as some states reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone