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November 2016

November 14, 2016

Heeding God’s Relentless Demand for Justice (Jeremiah 23:1-6)

By Keith Anderson. This year’s bruising presidential election ended in shocking fashion in the...

August 2016

August 22, 2016

Why Jesus Wouldn’t Be a Democrat or a Republican (Luke 14:1, 7-14)

By Billy Honor. If you just listened to the current presidential candidates talk, you’d...

August 10, 2016

Navigating a World of Division (Luke 12:49-56)

By Greg Carey. In some parts of our country firefighters refer to trees and...

August 01, 2016

Standing With Blue and Black Lives (Luke 12:32-40)

By Karyn L. Wiseman. iPhone or Droid? Right or wrong? Oreos or Chocolate Chips?...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Moral Leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-14)

By Adriene Thorne. Now the United States of America was commander of the free...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

Walter Brueggemann on Wisdom (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31)

By Walter Brueggemann. This text is one of the loveliest and most important biblical texts...

May 02, 2016

Exposing a Government’s Abuse of Power, and Other Life Hacks (Acts 16:16-40)

By Matthew L. Skinner. Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. It’s familiar to...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

Syrian Refugee Crisis: Our Chance to See God (Mark 9:30-37)

By Cari Jackson. Europe is dealing with its worst humanitarian crisis since World War II....

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Theological Trackstanding: A User’s Guide to Unity in Church and Society (Ephesians 4:1-16)

By Jacob D. Myers. America’s political divide is growing. Nearly every issue of national...

July 22, 2015

When War Becomes a Way of Life (2 Samuel 11:1-15)

By Raj Nadella. Victor is one veteran struggling to support his family. It has been...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Gay Marriage: A Christian Response

By Barbara K. Lundblad. We asked people about the relevancy of marriage. “The court...

June 01, 2015

Scandalous Leaders, Scandalous Power (1 Samuel 8)

By Eric D. Barreto. Facts about leadership. Political scandals are evergreen. On any given week,...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Legislating Love in the 21st Century (Acts 8:26-40)

By Karyn L. Wiseman Facts on marriage equality in the United States. One of the...

April 13, 2015

More Than the Eye Can See (Acts 3:12-19)

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., who marched in Selma, proclaims the power...

April 03, 2015

Indiana and the Freedom of the Gospel

By Greg Carey. During the church’s highest holy season, Indiana’s religious freedom bill has captured...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

How to Be Perfect (Matthew 5:38-48)

By Eric D. Barreto There's more to this year's Olympics than sports. “Be perfect, therefore,...

February 10, 2014

A New Way of Being “Pro-Choice”

By Rev. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, Ph.D. Ella Baker chose her own path to effecting positive...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

Matthew 2:13 – 23: The Massacre of the Innocents and the Soul of the Warrior

By Coleman Baker Soldiers across millennia have had to take actions that violate basic human...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Jesus, Poor Veterans and the Grass That Suffers (Luke 21:5-19)

By Billy Honor After serving in Iraq, a young father battles unemployment as he and...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

The Modern Need for Lamentations (Lamentations 1:1-11)

By Kimberly D. Russaw Twenty first century readers of the Scriptures are likely uncomfortable with...

August 2013

August 16, 2013

From Egypt to South Africa, We Are Each Other’s Keepers

By James W. McCarty III Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa,...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

Galatians 6: Fighting for Freedom

By Rev. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, Ph.D. “If you love somebody, set them free. Free. Free....

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Luke 9:51-62: Resistance Is Futile

By Rev. Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman In the Methodist tradition in which I was I...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

Mark 1:21-28: The Need for Authentic Leadership

By Rev. Angela Zimmann Once every four years, it happens like clockwork: Primary Season, when...

January 06, 2012

Mark 1:4 – 11: Does Baptism Make for Better Presidents?

By Andy Watts Christians seem to have a genetic disposition for describing people and events...

December 2011

December 08, 2011

John 1:6-8; 19-28: Faith and Fear

By Thomas Long When Herman Cain, standing knee-deep in seawater, finally conceded what was obvious...

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