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Needing a warrior God (Ephesians 6:10-20)
The armor of God and the violence of the Bible
A father and his dying daughter came to see me. They wanted different things.
Sometimes truth is better than comfort.
Fighting for the humanities at church-related colleges
“What good is a Methodist college that doesn't have religion professors?” asks one student.
Willimon and Hauerwas’s out-of-season words on pastoral care
Pastors coping with the pandemic need our encouragement, not our carping.
Pastoral care is part of Christian formation
A response to Will Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas
From Dante to Tina Fey, a romp through history with Jesus’ Beatitudes
Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.
My hospice nurse’s horse
The mare pulled the meniscus in her knee. This left my nurse with a tough choice.
September 12, Ordinary 24B (Mark 8:27–38)
The cross we choose to bear reveals who we think Jesus is.
This Seattle church’s stained-glass Jesus was far too White
So a local artist found a creative way to cover him up.
A novel about baseball, wealth, and human frailty
Christopher Beha’s characters find themselves in pits, and the way out is not remotely clear.
How will history judge Latin American churches’ COVID response?
Likely with both praise and blame.
When goodness is also lovely
The New Testament has two words for “good.” Knowing the difference between them can help us build a better society.
Addressing educational inequity means loving other people’s children
Courtney Martin invites progressive parents to reckon with racial justice.
Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast shows how history repeats itself
His ongoing exploration of political instability feels excruciatingly relevant.
The Revolutions podcast makes history accessible through storytelling
“Podcasting offers a unique medium for improving a person's historical understanding while they're doing the dishes.”
The inequity caused by vaccine nationalism is deadly
Why many low-income countries aren’t getting the doses they need
September 5, Ordinary 23B (James 2:1–17)
Proclaiming God’s abundance or dwelling in perceived scarcity?
When localism becomes nationalism
At the farmers market, I found something I didn’t expect—White supremacists.