Dying Empty (Holy Week Series)
By Avril Z. Speaks
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my dear friend. To say that his death was a shock is an understatement. Even writing that sentence still gives me chills.
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By Avril Z. Speaks
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the funeral of my dear friend. To say that his death was a shock is an understatement. Even writing that sentence still gives me chills.
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free” (Gal. 5:1), and yet when it comes to our relationships, especially those across deep theological and/or political difference, many of us battle some combination of resentment, hopelessness, fear, and outrage.
By Rachel Marie Stone
“How much responsibility did Bathsheba have in that affair? After all, she was bathing where David could see her!” I have heard this line, and others like it, many times in the course of my evangelical upbringing
By Tim Otto
Christmas celebrates the richest person who ever lived giving up everything just to be with us. And we celebrate his coming by buying and more buying, and yearning, yearning for more.
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to our human community and the environment in this century.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
God,
Sometimes we have no idea what peace would mean.
It’s all too difficult.
Everything in us is tired.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
Originally published December 21, 2018
We love movies about clever heists, where high-tech and highly organized thieves outwit security systems and break into “uncrackable” safes. We thrill to scenes of Cary Grant scaling rooftops in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, warming to the lovable cat burglar’s idiosyncratic character.
By Rohadi Nagassar
Advent is countercultural to the typical pageantry of many contemporary church routines that crescendo into Christmas Day. Instead of skipping directly to stories of Jesus’ birth, Advent holds our attention to the way Jesus intercedes in the history of humanity and ushers in new possibilities of light overcoming all darkness—not merely a spiritual darkness, either; rather, a tangible material liberation from all powers that marginalize.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 4-part series for Advent 2022 by Liz Cooledge Jenkins
God,
There is a space within us empty until filled with joy.
By Lisa Rodriguez-Watson
“It must have been so difficult to leave her life, her friends, her family and have only one suitcase to take with her,” I remarked to my abuela as we talked about her sister, Raquel, who had recently defected from Cuba to the United States while on a government trip.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 4-part series for Advent 2022 by Liz Cooledge-Jenkins
God,
Your love is unbounded.
Your love unbinds us.
By Tim Ignacio
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Advent series 2022 entitled “Advent from the Margins,” where we’ve asked writers to submit reflections on what waiting for Christ means in their context.
By Douglas A. Houck
In this fictional account of four Christian college students who meet weekly to discuss the morality and legitimacy of same-sex marriage, author Donald Zeyl gives voice to various perspectives in the church’s current debate.
By Christine Aroney-Sine
Like at least 10 million other Americans, I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons. My symptoms start in the autumn and continue into the winter months, sapping my energy and making me more irritable.
By Liz Cooledge Jenkins
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a 4-part series for Advent 2022 by Liz Cooledge-Jenkins
God,
Power runs through our world
in such perverse ways.
by Alejandra Ortiz & Abdiel Espinoza
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Advent series 2022 entitled “Advent from the Margins,” where we’ve asked writers to submit reflections on what waiting for Christ means in their context.
By Sarah Driver
There is a seemingly constant barrage of news about churches and people of faith being caught flat-footed when it comes to justice issues. The world is desperate for a church that is trained theologically and practically for the work of justice.