The Christian Century

Like good cooking, good preaching is local, idiosyncratic, and diverse.

Enemies are real. They are also closer to us than we may care to imagine.

How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own

Womanist theology proclaims a future beyond the strongholds of racism, sexism, and injustice.

Maybe Christian Realism is the best option we have today.

Can Christianity make universal claims without being exclusivist?

I posed this question to the students in my sexual ethics class.

Anyone who cries “it’s not fair!” is old enough to learn about racial inequality.

On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.

It’s not our problem. Education can fix it. Only extremists are racist.