Carol Howard Merritt
Money can’t buy me life
Who watches the watchmen?
I began hearing the question in seminary. It became louder as I started writing. “Who will be the next Reinhold Niebuhr?” In 1948, Niebuhr was on the cover of Time Magazine....
Why are there so few megachurches among ecumenical Christians?
Dying to leave a legacy
Forgive the Intrusion, UMC Friends
I would love to rant about Donald Trump. The whole GOP is like a fiery car crash right now—everything stops so we can gawk at the latest collision....
Ruth Everhart: Ruined
How to write a book
Increasingly, people ask me, “How do you do what you do?” They want to know how to become a writer, speaker, or consultant....
Bruce Reyes-Chow on God Complex Radio
If you're new to the podcast world (it's grown so much lately!), then by all means, check out God Complex Radio....
Faithful Resistance and Black Lives Matter
Short-term but vital
Sterling, Castile, and Trump
Varieties of new churches
The trifle of communication
In this time of our church history, when going to a service is no longer a societal expectation and people don’t necessarily make business connections in the pews, preaching has become more importa...
Generation to generation
Teresa Pasquale Mateus and Sacred Wounds
A word of thanks to those 111 clergy
What happened to the Religious Right?
Donald Trump pretty much clinched the Republican nomination last night, frustrating Religious Right architects.
...Proudly donning Calvin's mantle
Someone took offense at my writing recently, and he (I’m assuming) responded on Twitter with an avatar with the profile of John Calvin....