Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Emergent Village

Home
Progressive Christian

Community

Select a Category Addiction Advent Atheism Authority Bible Cartoons Christian Year Christmas church church planting Civil Rights Community Contemplative Spirituality Culture emerging church Empire Eschatology Evangelism Events Gender Healing Humanism Islam Justice Kingdom Lent Movement Building Multi-Faith Music mysticism New Wave Emergence origins Personal Poetry politics Prayer Preaching Privilege Racism Religious naturalism Resurrection salvation SKEPTIMERGENT Theology Trauma Uncategorized

Select a Month December 2017 November 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011

December 2017

December 14, 2017

The Body Never Lies

But people do. I was leading a yoga retreat in the beautiful Pocono mountains of...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

What Should I Say When I Have Nothing More to Say

A woman died yesterday. Her name is Heather. I did not know her, but I...

March 2017

March 14, 2017

Tony Campolo: Returning Agency to the Body of Christ through Spiritual Practice

Saturday afternoon, at a church near our home, beloved pastor Tony Campolo*, shared that his...

March 13, 2017

The Shiny Face of Jesus; A Transfiguration Sunday Sermon

This Sermon, based on Matthew 17:1-9, was preached by the author at American University for...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

An Inaugural Prayer

Holy God, Help Us Help us learn that we are our brother's keeper. Help us...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

Grace-Filled Conversations.

I’m really great at getting into Facebook flame wars. I want to say that I...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Microagressions

According to Dictionary.com, a microaggression is "a subtle, but offensive comment or action directed...

June 2016

June 19, 2016

GRACE, a Name we can all Adopt

A store clerk looked at my credit card last week and asked, "What does your...

June 14, 2016

Defiantly Love Your Neighbor

While many people have said what I’m about to say - I will say it...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Closed Hearts, Closed Minds, Closed Doors: A Letter to all LGBTQIA and Allied United Methodists

You are loved. You were made in the image of God. You are part of...

March 2016

March 17, 2016

The Walking Dead & Trumping Our Own Conscience

I love all things zombie. I have never been a Trekkie or a SciFi Superfan...

March 13, 2016

Where Rivers of Justice Flow

The following sermon was written by my husband, Garth Stevens-Jennings and I for the student...

February 2016

February 13, 2016

Radical, Subversive, Defiant, Self-Love

Black Women live in a crossroads of oppression where racism and sexism meet, and that...

February 12, 2016

Fast of Embodied Solidarity

The Lenten season begins by people asking what they need to do or give up...

February 08, 2016

“Doing” Lent

Lent arrives this week with its themes of fasting, reflection, and penance. As I prepare,...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter: Why We Must Build Bridges.

I'm sitting in the police station compulsively chewing my finger nails. This is the moment...

January 11, 2016

Revisiting Christ in missions and service in the age of selfies

Revisiting Christ in missions and service in the age of selfies Bec Cranford serves as...

December 2015

December 11, 2015

Lean In to the Conversations that Scare You

Recently, this question was asked on a Facebook page: "What do we do with White...

December 08, 2015

Loss and Redemption in Relationships

In this season of anticipatory and happy holidays among a number of cultural and faith...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

The Cost of Changing Faith

An ongoing discussion I keep stumbling into is how people are dealing with changes in...

September 08, 2015

Call and Affirmation

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Buddha Inside/Jesus Outside

Tonight Great Spirit said,' your story is ready to be birthed. Your peace has been...

June 2015

June 14, 2015

We Go Up to the Mountains

I am blessed to live in a place where we can easily go up to...

June 08, 2015

Stepping Away from Leadership Voluntarily

I have had, over the years, some interesting and deeply thoughtful conversations with leaders, primarily...

June 05, 2015

She was a friend of God

She was a friend of GOD I’m just getting in from my friend of 33...

April 2015

April 14, 2015

A Life of Love and Academic Freedom

tenure: the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor...

April 08, 2015

Accompaniment as Emergence

I’ve been called to a ministry of accompaniment that means I have chosen to walk...

February 2015

February 14, 2015

All About That Faith

Since the day we first enter the world, we face the realities of imperfection. We...

February 08, 2015

Compassion When We Disagree

I was listening the other day to someone talk vehemently about religious people who hold...

February 05, 2015

It was the Best of Times…It was the Worst of Times

An ordinary Tuesday that began and ended in tears. But what happened in between is...