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August 06, 2014
Starting a New Semester: Lessons of Grace and Discipleship [John Hawthorne]
The Thursday after Labor Day is the first day of classes at Spring Arbor. It’s...
August 04, 2014
3 Characteristics of Authentic Forgiveness (Sans Denial)
When navigating the topic of abuse and harm in the church, it's easy to trip...
August 04, 2014
Normalizing Discomfort- When Picking Up the Phone Feels Weird [Kelly Green]
I don’t want to romanticize the call to diversity within church communities. Especially for introverts like...
August 04, 2014
Ecclesial Anamnesis and the Need to Remember [Nicholas Coates]
Moses stood on the banks of the Jordan River and looked out over the Israelites...
August 04, 2014
“Noah” and the Boring Fundamentalism of Hollywood Bible Movies
Sometimes evangelical Christians make movies. And usually they are horrible. They are marked by an...
August 04, 2014
Beyond Engagement: Will These Bones Live? [Daniel Karistai]
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of...
August 01, 2014
Zombie Apocalypse and the Perseverance of Ethics [David Kludt]
Escape Plans and the Zombie Apocalypse Living in Los Angeles, a common fear is that "The...
July 2014
July 30, 2014
Learning to Walk Backwards [Fr. Tony Bleything]
They say that the best improv artists have learned the art of walking backwards. Good...
July 30, 2014
Meditation on a Twitter List (Over 1,000 Dead) [James Gribble]
I have a Twitter list dedicated to Neo-Calvinist/Young Restless Reformed/TGC/SBC-type leaders. During the destruction of...
July 29, 2014
Learning the Art of Sketchnote Preaching [C. Wess Daniels]
Two years ago I spent the month of September writing the majority of my dissertation,...
July 29, 2014
What Do You Do When You Don’t Like the Bible? [Mandy Meisenheimer]
What do you do when you don’t like the Bible? Recently, The Resurgence posted some tips...
July 29, 2014
Quit Worrying [KrisAnne Swartley]
Small to medium sized traditional churches with long memories + a changing culture that increasingly...
July 28, 2014
Israel, the Internet, and Purging the Scapegoat
In his new book A Farewell to Mars, my pastor-at-large Brian Zahnd spends some time...
July 25, 2014
The War Is Over; It’s Time to Stop Fighting [Anderson Campbell]
It was the day after Christmas, 1944. In Europe, the Battle of the Bulge was...
July 18, 2014
Leaving a place that has become home is difficult. It's unnatural really. We connect to...
July 18, 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel and Gaza: A Barbaric Slaughterhouse
Looking for prophetic insights in a Wes Anderson film can be a little like looking...
July 18, 2014
If you want to get into a lively debate with anyone, just ask them a...
July 14, 2014
Having Faith in the Priesthood of Believers [John Hawthorne]
But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests...
July 14, 2014
Whirlwinds and Seeking Signs: The Bankruptcy of Science AND Religion
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words...
July 11, 2014
A Uniquely American Christianity [Kevin Shoop]
Growing up in the Midwestern United States in the 1980s, I absorbed a very specific...
July 11, 2014
Is there beauty in the body? No, I'm not talking about tanned skin and trim...
July 11, 2014
I grew up believing that being married one day was a crucial part of my...
July 10, 2014
I'm not sure when my kid started preaching, but I think it was about a...
July 09, 2014
The Main Dish at the Church Potluck [Tara Lamont Eastman]
I grew up going to church. And as far back as I can recall and...
July 08, 2014
The Measure of a Ministry [KrisAnne Swartley]
It is one of the cornerstones of missional theology. I have heard it a thousand...
July 07, 2014
The Loss of Lament [Andy Campbell]
On a hot summer night in 2012, I tossed and turned in bed, unable to...
July 04, 2014
Building Fences Big Enough For A Neighborhood [Fr. Tony Bleything]
There is a common sentiment rising up out of the parish that I serve: “I...
June 2014
June 27, 2014
I grew up in an extremely patriotic family. My grandfather was in the Navy and...
June 27, 2014
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made headlines last week at its 221st General Assembly. At this weeklong...
June 20, 2014
Rape Culture, Bob Jones University, and the End of Forgiveness
After spending the first half of my life in the church, I've come to the...
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