Church + Gracious Spirit of God = Hope
By Al Tizon
When I look at the church, what gives me hope?
When I look at the church, I see a people striving in the Spirit to love God and neighbor in faithful effective ways.
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By Al Tizon
When I look at the church, what gives me hope?
When I look at the church, I see a people striving in the Spirit to love God and neighbor in faithful effective ways.
By Brandi Miller
After the presidential victory of Donald Trump wherein the vast majority of White evangelicals voted for the celebrity-turned-crass-politician, many Christians both inside and outside the church were forced to reckon with an issue of identity.
By Whitney Bauck
In the book Art and Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts, authors Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin draw a parallel between modern-day art museums and religious shrines: “Go inside any gallery and the atmosphere is hushed and reverent.
By James A. Cates
A review of No Longer Strangers by Gregory Coles
We all want to be “me.” Unique. Different from everyone else. But not too different. Not so different that others might see us as eccentric.
By Anna Redsand
A Review of Decolonizing Evangelicalism by Randy S. Woodley and Bo C. Sanders
Shortly before he passed on, my friend, Diné (Navajo) scholar Larry Emerson, said to me, “You should write about decolonizing Christianity.
By Adriel Rose
I don’t know if I’ve ever purposefully started reading a book knowing that I would undoubtedly struggle with its pages in a way that would make me wonder: Do I really want this? Do I actually want this to change me? As much as I’d like to
By Kathy Khang
It isn’t enough to keep up with current events. Never mind the flurry of posts on social media. The daily ticker of local, national, and international news should have an impact on the way we Christians think, pray, and live our lives in community.
By Aline Mello
My first encounter with Tejana writer Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros was through her Twitter account, where she asks thoughtful questions and offers kindness in her comments to poets, Christian writers, and anyone else who engages with her.
By Melanie Springer Mock
The opening to Katherine James’s memoir, A Prayer for Orion, is enough to leave a reader—and in particular, a reader who is also a parent—breathless. One July morning, James finds a text on her teenaged son’s phone, suggesting his purchase of heroin is imminent.
By Kaitlin B. Curtice
I’m constantly asked for resources on how people can move forward learning about Indigenous culture, and I’m often repeating the same thing: read books.
Read books.
First and foremost, this supports Indigenous peoples who are writers and creators.
By Jon Carlson
“Did Jesus mean to teach his disciples never to kill?” This question—or, if we want to frame it in the present tense, “Does Jesus ever want his followers to kill?”—forms the crux of Ron Sider’s new book on violence and faith.
By Lianne Simon
Jennifer Anne Cox wrote this book as an evangelical response to intersex. Her message to evangelical Christians is this: the Gospel is as much for someone with an intersex condition as it is for you. Stop abusing these people.
By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
I first encountered Kathy Khang on social media several years ago. I don’t remember the specific issue she was addressing, but I remember reading her tweets and Facebook comments with a combination of admiration and awe. She challenged the status quo and spoke truth to power with confidence, clarity, and wit.
By Melanie Springer Mock
Several weeks ago, my son and I were talking about what seems, lately, to be one of his favorite words: hate. As a teenager expressing big emotions about matters I might find more trivial, my son employs the word hate with astounding regularity, telling me that he hates the chores I ask him to complete, or that a peer hates him, or that every kid in his school hates a curmudgeonly science teacher.
By Jon Carlson
What we believe about life after death shapes our actions, priorities, and choices in the here and now.
“You’re OK, Eleanor. You’re in the Good Place,” the celestial being Michael (Ted Danson) gently intones to Eleanor (Kristen Bell) in the opening scene of NBC’s sitcom The Good Place.
By John Seel, Ph.D
In the United States, Black men are far more likely to be hassled by law enforcement during routine traffic stops. It is also likely, in a conversation about this fact, that a white male will not appreciate the degree to which his privilege is
By Melanie Springer Mock
Like many people, my understanding of addiction has been informed primarily by mass media. I’m an inveterate watcher of 20/20 and the reality program Intervention; I am a consumer of memoirs and movies about those who
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