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December 2025

December 23, 2025

Why Dickens’ True Christmas Lesson Is Community, Not Charity

By Kevin Nye When Ebeneezer Scrooge is first asked to give charity to the “hundreds...

February 2022

February 11, 2022

Detaching from American Christianity

Doesn't it always go this way? You think you have everything figured out in this...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

Is Christ a Sacrifice or a Survivor? How Atonement Theory Impacts Survivor Experiences Within the Church

Churches, faith leaders, and Christ-followers must unlearn the violence-acceptance beliefs that have infiltrated Christ’s message....

November 2021

November 17, 2021

Where are the White Leaders?

The Bible tells us that we are not many races but one race created by...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

The Real (Spiritual) Problem with the Texas Abortion Ban

Society sees abortion as a spiritual issue and the violation against a woman’s right to...

October 22, 2021

Christianity and Environmentalism

What are Christians to make of the big environmental questions in 2021?

February 2021

February 19, 2021

Amid Increasing Secularization and Waning Influence, Can the Black Church Evolve?

A new documentary from PBS and a landmark study about Black Americans’ religious and spiritual...

February 09, 2021

Was Bernie’s Raincoat a Modern-Day Early Christian Sackcloth?

At this point, the 79-year-old senator’s inauguration outfit has been called everything from oppressive to...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?

Does the Bible condone modern day slavery as we understand it today from our country’s...

November 10, 2020

What Does the Bible Teach Us About Slavery?

Let’s begin in Leviticus by looking at the most difficult passage on slavery in all...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Relational Violence: Change in the Ruins

My first look into the eyes of racism was in 1977 when I was a...

June 2020

June 10, 2020

The Subtle and Corrosive Power of Bias

The day after the weekend of protests in response to the summary and public police...

May 2020

May 22, 2020

Memorial Day, COVID-19, and a Call to Repentance

With Memorial Day just a few days away, I’ve been reflecting on a conversation I...

March 2020

March 02, 2020

What Difference Can Another Lent Make?

This Lent, the 40-day period of reflection and preparation that precedes Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection,...

June 2019

June 15, 2019

Brain on Fire

The morning sun was bright, and I couldn’t decide whether to keep the warmth on...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Yeondan

Life is not easy, but my theological perspective on suffering has made it worse. My...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

#MLK90: A Day Of Reckoning

What if we treated Martin Luther King Day as not a day off, but a...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Rev. Jennifer Butler: Why I’m Going to the Border

Children need their families. As a mom, my worst nightmare is losing my son....

June 26, 2018

A New Rite of Passage for Struggling Youth

By Vicky Ness Lately we’ve been watching the awakening and passionate action of new generation...

June 15, 2018

Jeff Sessions Lies about the Bible and about Immigrant Children

Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded to pressure from religious communities who are horrified by his...

June 12, 2018

Addiction on Parade: Anthony Bourdain

Watching Anthony Bourdain douse every episode of his hit show, Parts Unknown, in alcohol...

June 08, 2018

Stay Alive: The Dual Tragedies of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain

Depression is real. Depression kills. And it doesn't discriminate. "How could you get Kate...

June 04, 2018

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Page Patterson’s Misogyny Dressed Up as Theology

We must end any doctrine or practice that suggests men and women are “separate but...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

11 Bible Verses That Turn Christians Into Atheists

April 2018

April 06, 2018

My Interview With A Pro-Cannabis Minister

a guest-post by Shane McCormick How many religious leaders in 2018 support legalizing cannabis? Very...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

A Lenten Sacrifice: The Attempted Crucifixion of Robert Mueller

Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, as a young man, served as a United States Marine in...

January 2018

January 05, 2018

How The Bible Can Be Damaging to People with Depression

As a teen, I read the entire Bible. Twice. Deuteronomy, with rules about weird sores...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

What It Means to “Do Good”

Living and Leading Change for Good: Meet the Disruptors The Forum for Theological Exploration series, Living and Leading...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Top 10 Reasons Christians Should Stop Whining About Secular Xmas

I know we all lament the commercialization of Christmas. That said, it’s not worth getting...

November 01, 2017

The Need for More Progressive Christian Military Chaplains

By Christopher L. Schilling What is American patriotism and how do we define it?...