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November 2013

November 22, 2013

Lifeway’s Apology for ‘Rickshaw Rally’ Creates Space for Deeper Conversations on Race

LifeWay's recent apology issued at the Mosaix 2013 conference is a sign of hope that the Evangelical...

November 20, 2013

Humanize Religion: A Seminary Class Discussion with a Pagan and a Former Druid

Pagan leader Jason Pitzl-Waters spoke in my world religions class yesterday. Jason is perhaps best...

November 18, 2013

Trustworthy Rivals: On an Alternative Path to Multi-Faith Discourse

Interfaith or multi-faith discourse can easily fall prey to agreeing to agree on everything, even...

November 15, 2013

Reconciliation Is More Than a Hugathon, Part 2

One of the questions I asked at the end of the post “Reconciliation Is More...

November 14, 2013

When Does a Child Grow Up?

When does a boy become a man? What is the measure of his manhood? What...

November 11, 2013

Reforming Our Understanding of Romans 13 on Immigration Reform

This piece was originally published at the Evangelical Immigration Table. A student from Arizona once...

November 09, 2013

Reconciliation Is More Than a Hugathon

Reconciliation apart from justice is not reconciliation. So, too, biblical justice entails reconciliation. To adapt...

November 06, 2013

Jesus’ Hands Halt Oppression and Offer Forgiveness

The image of the stained glass window of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama hangs...

November 04, 2013

Is the Cross the Crux of the Divide between Christianity and Islam?

The other day my world religions class visited a mosque. The Muslim lecturer and friend...

November 02, 2013

The Multi-Ethnic Church Movement – Not Some Fad, More Than a Conference

The multi-ethnic church movement is not some passing fad. It is more than a two-day...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Cancer Can’t Keep You Down: Presiding Thoughts about My President

Note: Today I had the opportunity to give this address on behalf of the Faculty during a...

October 28, 2013

Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Social Solidarity and Gang Violence

Author's note: An African American friend of mine raised respectful concern over my use of...

October 25, 2013

’12 Years a Slave’ — Could It Happen Again?

This piece originally appeared at Sojourners on October 14, 2013. I watched 12 Years a Slave today....

October 23, 2013

Burdened by the Burden of Proof: From Eve to Marissa Alexander

How in the world did Marissa Alexander get sentenced to twenty years in prison for...

October 21, 2013

Just Thinking about Justice: Humility is the Best Policy

When it comes to justice issues, activists, theorists and policy makers living in the moment...

October 18, 2013

Uncomfortably Numb on Health Care Reform

Some of you may be familiar with Pink Floyd’s classic song “Comfortably Numb,” which appears...

October 17, 2013

Theological Health and Healthcare

What makes for healthy theology on the subject of healthcare? I suppose it all depends...

October 15, 2013

The High Costs of Healthcare in the Free Market

The jury is still out on Obamacare. Opinions vary. If somehow it were shut down...

October 11, 2013

Myths We Live By? Voter Fraud & Jim Crow Dead and Gone

A friend asked me the following questions based on my blog post with Tom Krattenmaker...

October 09, 2013

Aborting Healthcare for the Human Unborn

One of my fears with screening fetuses for diseases and handicaps, among other things, is...

October 07, 2013

A Healthcare Conundrum? Hip Replacements for the Terminally Ill

What do you do? You are a healthcare administrator and you have to make a decision....

October 04, 2013

The Voting Rights Act and Post-Racialized America—Can We Vote on That?

By Paul Louis Metzger and Tom Krattenmaker Why is it that while talk abounds of...

October 03, 2013

Beyond Obamacare vs. the Affordable Care Act: Caring for Healthcare Complexities

Jimmy Kimmel recently aired interviews of people who were asked which they preferred and why—Obamacare...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

The Emperor’s Subjects Have No Clothes

Have you read Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Emperor Has No Clothes”? It’s the story...

September 27, 2013

The Court of Law and the Court of Public Opinion: Before Baby Veronica and Beyond

Much has been made this week of the Supreme Court’s decision that the Indian Child...

September 25, 2013

Patch Adams–Patching Up Health Care Across the Board

The movie Patch Adams addresses the subject of health care in a holistic manner. The movie...

September 23, 2013

The Most Dangerous Force in the World

The most dangerous force in the world is not Al Qaida, nor some Special Ops...

September 21, 2013

Stamping Out Food Stamps and Trampling on the Poor

How many decision makers passing the bill to cut $40 billion from food stamps over...

September 19, 2013

The Divine Trinity: Beyond Monads, Irrelevant Mysteries and Scrambled Eggs

What difference does the Trinity make for Christian thought and life? While opinions vary, I...

September 16, 2013

You Don’t Have to Be in Make-Up to Be a Clown

A professional clown informed a group of amateurs such as myself that "You don't have to...

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