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Being More Loving [A Prayer]

Good and gracious God, We sometimes struggle to love the way we should. We sometimes...

May 24, 2015

Being an Advocate

In honor of my wife's 13th anniversary of ordination, I thought I'd share my favorite...

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At What Point Do We Get to Say Parts of Christianity are No Longer Christian?

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The Rise of “The Dones” as the Church Kills Spiritual Community

If you listen to many of the people remaining in the Church, you'd think the...

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Would You Like Living Wages To Go With That? The Biblical Bias For A Living Wage.

Congratulations United States! We officially have one of the most dehumanizing minimum wages of...

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Not Born to a Virgin – Why I Don’t Believe in the Virgin Birth

This is the third post in a series called: “This Collar Is Too Tight: Heresies...

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An Open Letter From God to the U.S. on the Event of Ferguson

Dear Loved Ones, I'm sorry it's been so long since I've written. As you might...

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July 31, 2014

Pope Being Poo-pooed By GOP For Being Too Much Like Jesus

I can't think of a Pope who has made a bigger impact, brought more hope...

July 27, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer — 7/27/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Matthew 22:34-46 (A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious...

July 22, 2014

The New American Segregation

Corporate coffers are stuffed full. Their piggy banks runneth over. The top 25 percent of...

July 20, 2014

Question Mark: Q&A with Mark Sandlin

Question Mark -- Week of July 20 From time to time, I ask for...

July 20, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer — 7/20/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Psalm 146 (A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious...

July 18, 2014

Unto the Refugees, So Too Unto Me — How You Can Help

“I didn't come here because I wanted a job... I came here because I wanted...

July 13, 2014

Sunday Morning Prayer — 7/13/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Luke 12:49-56 (A Prayer of Confession) Good and gracious...

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Sunday Morning Prayer – 7/6/2014

Sunday Morning Prayer - Based on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Good and gracious Good, You...

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Homeless Proofing – or Christ Proofing?

By: Rev. Mark Sandlin There is a new and disturbing trend in Great Britain and...

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NETWORK’s Position on Immigration Reform – A Response to Rev. Jimmerson

photo credit: jonathan mcintosh via photopin cc (Editor's note: A few days ago "The God...

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Como Las Monjas en el Camión se Equivocan Sobre la Reforma Migratoria.

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May 19, 2014

How Nuns on the Bus Get it Wrong on Immigration Reform

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March 2014

March 28, 2014

6 Things The Church Can Learn From Jimmy Fallon – #OrdainJimmyFallon

by David Henson The Church could learn a few things from Jimmy Fallon, the new...

November 2013

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Down and Out on Veterans Day

Veterans Day, for me, is typically comprised of doing my best to ignore the non-stop...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Criminalizing Christ: The Love Wins Incident and the Nationwide Targeting of Homeless

by The Rev. David R. Henson There is no longer a war on hunger in...

July 2013

July 04, 2013

A Prayer for the Nation on the 4th of July

Good and gracious God, As we celebrate the birth of our nation, we would be...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Lent Is For Feasting!

by David Henson Don’t forget to feast this Lent. In the midst of the almsgiving,...

February 07, 2013

America, A Christian Nation. Truth Or Fable?

by Randy WalkerMany people are quick to assert that America was founded by Christian men...

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January 21, 2013

Our Rhetorical Civil War

by Zachary BailesOn March, 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. Today, President Obama uses that same...

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December 26, 2012

You Can’t Have It Both Ways!

by Randy Walker The senseless massacre that took place in a Connecticut elementary...

December 22, 2011

What It Means to be Light Unto the Darkness

God sat in a pitch-dark, can't see your Divine hand in front of your face,...

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At the Speed of Grace

Change is a given. You don't have to like it, but you have no choice...

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