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November 2018

November 26, 2018

Repent, and Believe the Good News: Black Lives Matter!

Recently, a sitting United States Senator from Mississippi “joked” about being on the front row...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

CBF Podcast: A Place At the Table with Maggie Kane

For Maggie Kane, the executive director of A Place At the Table, hospitality is about...

October 01, 2018

When Jesus Broke Up the “Boys-Will-Be-Boys” Club

By Bert Montgomery A woman stands alone in front of an intimidating group of men...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

CBF Podcast: Rethinking Incarceration, featuring Dominique DuBois Gilliard

We sat down with the activist, speaker, pastor and author about his new book, as...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

Six Thoughts on Faith-Based Advocacy

There are matters of dire need in our world that require our attention now. If...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Who is My Neighbor?

My neighbor is the one who feels left behind in a changing world. Hopes of...

July 02, 2018

CBF Podcast: Responding to inhumane treatment of immigrant children, featuring Suzii Paynter

CBF Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter recently spent a week at the United States-Mexico border where...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Would You Worship Next to a Trump Supporter? Things Pondered from a Construction Site Jesus

Evidence of congregations ratcheting up the political rhetoric is not just anecdotal. Polling shows that...

May 11, 2018

CBF Podcast: Preaching in the Era of Trump, Featuring Wes Allen

This is not the first time a generation of clergy, nor will we certainly be...

April 2018

April 10, 2018

CBF Podcast: Changing the Way the Church Sees Racism, Featuring Drew Hart

We are 50 years removed from the Civil Rights Movement and we can often act...

April 04, 2018

Memphis, Charlottesville & #MLK50

Where do we go from here? We commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. King...

March 2018

March 06, 2018

CBF Podcast: Brian McLaren on the Beauty & Harm of Being Baptist

Honest conversations are difficult. Navigating what’s next is a challenge. We sat down with Brian...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

CBF Podcast: A Conversation with Jennifer Harvey

In Harvey’s new book, Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America,...

February 06, 2018

CBF Podcast: A Conversation with Emma Green of The Atlantic

“So, this idea of fake news is really vicious, because there is genuine fake news...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

It Ain’t About You

Life does not revolve around you, or me. It does not begin or end with...

December 2017

December 06, 2017

Being church to abuse survivors

As a culture we do not do a good job of creating space for survivors...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

Nevertheless, She Persisted (Thanking God for Non-Submissive, Biblical Women)

Maybe I'm a feminist because of the Bible itself. Despite the Bible having been written...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Podcast: A Conversation with Jack Jenkins of ThinkProgress

We sat down with Jack, the senior religion reporter for ThinkProgress, to talk about the...

October 18, 2017

You Too?

This week my Facebook feed filled up with stories around the hashtag #MeToo. Maybe yours...

October 12, 2017

They Get What — Matthew 20:1-16

In the coming kingdom of heaven, God’s primary concern will not be about the hard...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

Stories of DREAMers

“If DACA ends, life as I know it will end, too. I won’t be able...

September 13, 2017

Podcast: A Conversation with Brian Zahnd

By Andy Hale Imagine what it would look like to dismantle the mega-church you started....

September 07, 2017

Monuments worth defending

While I am protesting and pointing out the sins of other people as they try...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Support DREAMers, Support the DREAM Act

I accept that thoughtful Christians may disagree on public policy, and I certainly acknowledge my...

August 22, 2017

Dear Fellow WASPS — For the love of God and the love of thy neighbor

When we love our heritage, our flag, or our statues more than we love our...

August 21, 2017

I’m Not Racist But…

The events in Charlottesville, Va., this past week were horrendous, and the outpouring of resistant...

August 21, 2017

Why the Lost Cause is Winning

The problem, however, is that the very monuments that embody white Southerners necessarily disembody people...

August 16, 2017

Hate must not find a home

Sometimes pastors are cautioned about bringing politics into the pulpit. We must remember that the...

August 15, 2017

Confessions of a “moderate Christian” in Charlottesville on August 12

They say that confession is good for the soul. I pray that my confession may...

August 14, 2017

Conversations with my four-year-old about Charlottesville

“I don’t know, because we all matter to God.” This answer was at best incomplete....

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