Church vs. injustice, not church vs. state
Ilsup Ahn believes that a different conception of church could have stopped, among other things, housing segregation.
Finding church after religious trauma
Brooke Petersen gathers the stories of eight queer Christians who left churches—and found new ones.
Hope without promise?
Thomas Gaulke constructs a “belief-fluid” theology of hope.
Elle Dowd’s firsthand account of the Ferguson uprising
A memoir of a White moderate’s repentance
The Naming Project is a Christian camp that celebrates LGBTQ teens as they are
“We ask questions like, who am I? Who did God make me to be?”
In a secular age, Bonhoeffer’s “religionless Christianity” is evergreen
Peter Hooten considers the concept in relationship to the theologian’s entire body of work.
How I used Minecraft with my catechism group
Instead of memorizing Luther’s theology, the kids built churches that embodied it.
Religious freedom in America
Melissa Rogers considers what a healthy role for religion in American public life might look like.
In a politically divided church, what’s the preacher to do?
The answer, says Leah Schade, is about dialogue as much as any single sermon.
Catherine Keller’s political theology for the end of the world
Our era’s poet theologian begins by retranslating Paul: “the remaining time is contracted” (1 Cor. 7:29).
Pastoral care in a neoliberal age
Bruce Rogers-Vaughn believes that modern capitalism isn't simply anti-government. It's also anti-human and anti-church.
Good news verbatim: Why we need clinical evangelistic education
Imagine having a conversation about the gospel, and then bringing an account of this conversation to a group led by an experienced supervisor.