Craig Barnes
M. Craig Barnes is president of Princeton Theological Seminary and author of The Pastor as Minor Poet.
"I'm not afraid of marrying you," said the young groom. "I'm afraid of losing you."
We stood along the highway in a blizzard, trying to hitchhike. We started reciting Bible verses to pass the time.
They were black, Latino, and white. They were whispering and laughing together.
In our current political climate, the preacher struggles to say something both unifying and prophetic.
An insight I gleaned from Ernest Hemingway rings true for the mainline church today.
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