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A police officer’s view from street level
“At any given moment, I may need to be a psychologist, centurion, street lawyer, or soothsayer.”
Go ahead and give up chocolate for Lent
It has become trendy to criticize the popular approach to 40-day fasts. But there's still a lot to be said for giving up Oreos or cake.
Oscar Romero's wisdom for today
The Salvadoran archbishop was thoroughly of his own time. But his words speak to us too.
A toast to Ramanuja
Martin Luther isn’t the only theologian for whom we celebrate a major anniversary this year.
Prayer works—but not in the way so many suppose
I'm facing terminal cancer and receiving the prayers of many. Beyond the implicit problems, I've found ways to see what it means to ask God for healing.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Don't repeal the Johnson Amendment, fix it
We should limit political activity by churches—but not speech from the pulpit.
Practical wisdom from the business world
Heather Bradley and Miriam Bamberger Grogan offer a hard-working playbook for addressing ministerial overload.
Abundance and limits (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7)
Like the first humans, I am far from divine.
Run the Jewels and the burden of prophecy
What counts as truth in a post-truth world? Run the Jewels 3 makes the case that truth sounds like rap music.
Wilderness life
In my three-year sojourn with cancer, I’ve faced fears, limits, and questions of who I am now that I can't be a pastor in the ways I once was.
The housed, the homeless, and the right to be somewhere
Faced with someone trying to deny me shelter from the rain, I thought, are you kidding?
Is the Reformation over? Yes and no.
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.