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April 2018

April 07, 2018

What is Progressive Christianity?

The term "progressive" has long been used to represent an understanding of Christianity marked by...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Will You Go to Church on Easter?

I am tired of God the Father. I am tired of the traditional, patriarchal Trinitarian...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

Practicing Solidarity: The Power of Churches to Challenge Hate

It is difficult to talk about these issues with white Christians in this country in...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

Growing Pains: The Challenge of Raising Children Who Think for Themselves

I made myself breathe deep. I made myself just listen. I reminded myself that I...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Protestant Pope Envy

As a feminist, I see this difference between our ecclesial structures – the difference between...

September 21, 2015

I’m Christian, But I’m Not. . .

As a Presbyterian minister and a progressive Christian ethicist, when the young people on the...

September 15, 2015

What’s a White Christian to Do? Racism, White Privilege, and Stepping Up

White privilege and racism will not go away until we begin to address these problems...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

What Motherhood and Ecumenism Have in Common

While it is true that the historic Councils of the Church did not include women...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

On Death and Denominationalism

[third in a series of posts addressed to understanding denominations and ecumenism] What would you die...

March 23, 2015

Why I’m Presbyterian

[this is the second in a series of posts addressed to understanding denominations and ecumenism]...

March 21, 2015

Catechism, Christianity, and Chocolate Soda

When I joined the Presbyterian Church in 7th grade, I was required to memorize the...

March 09, 2015

Do I Have To Go to Church?

With a teenage daughter in the house, I seem to get this question much more...