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(Editor’s Note: In Part 1 of our four-part “Practicing Moral Courage” series, Dr. Terence Lester asked what kind of people we are being formed to become in a culture shaped by fear and othering. In Part 2, Dr.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
The identities we embrace most healthily and holistically are those we discover through a process of self-reflection and community exploration. Brave, open-ended, deeply curious, challenging but compassionate questions are often at the heart of this discovery process.
By Randy Woodley
I make a sharp distinction between Christianity and following Jesus. Christianity has, at best, failed miserably in delivering good news to Indigenous people.
We spoke with Dr. Joshua McNall—associate professor of pastoral theology, ambassador of church relations, and director of the honors program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University—about his latest book, Perhaps: Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism, published by InterVarsity Press.
By Kate Morrissey
Photos by Ariana Drehsler
As the late morning service begins at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in San Diego’s North Park, the congregation’s songs reach through the floor to the commercial kitchen in the building’s basement.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
I am in a bilingual, transnational marriage. I’ve lived in four countries on three continents. In my native country now, I live in a racially mixed neighborhood. I cultivate friendships with people from around the world.
Rivera invites us to imagine a world in which God’s LGBTQ+ children are given the space and safety they need to ask questions, seek God’s will for their lives, and flourish, no matter where the Spirit and their consciences lead them.
By Jean Nangwala
Because of the prevalence of sexual violence in our world, we must stop sexist comments, behavior, and policies that degrade, demean, and objectify the bodies of women. We must also surround survivors with support so that they can find healing and thrive.
We spoke with pastor and poet Drew Jackson about his latest work, God Speaks Through Wombs, a collection of poems that traverses the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Luke. Drew is the founding pastor of Hope East Village in New York City and writes poetry at the intersection of justice, peace, and contemplation, with a passion to contribute toward a more just and whole world.
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
God, you who are good. You are the one who brings the good wine to the celebration; you are the one who reveals yourself to those who are invisible and nameless.
By Cheryl Miller and Shannon Deer
Employers who hire overcomers often gain a remarkably resilient employee who can change their business for the better.
We recently talked with Stephen Mattson, author of the forthcoming devotional On Love and Mercy: A Social Justice Devotional, published by MennoMedia, an imprint of Herald Press. The book is available for pre-order and will be released in November.
Intervarsity Press has just published the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. We talked with Terry M. Wildman, who served as lead translator, general editor, and project manager of the First Nations Version (FVN).
We recently talked with Carrie Newcomer about the intersection of music and justice, contemplative spirituality, and her new project with author Parker Palmer. Carrie is an award-winning songwriter, recording artist, performer, poet, author, activist, and podcast host.
By Christina Ray Stanton
Our boat pushed off, and I let out a deep sigh of relief. As we set sail across the Hudson River, I could see dozens of others—commuter ferries, fishing boats, dinner cruise ships, party boats, tugboats—rushing to rescue the thousands of people who, like us, had survived but been trapped by debris from the burning, crumbling Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
By Ryan Groff
How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger & The Work of Peace by Rev. Melissa Florer-Bixler is a sermon. Like a good sermon it encourages skepticism and ensures discomfort.
As an elder-Millennial like me might say, this sermon teaches listeners “how to enemy.” We have tried to raise our children with similar instructions on when anger and hate are appropriate and when they are not.
By Myrto Theocharous
Our Father of our crucified and resurrected Christ,
We gather together to seek You,
not of our own initiative but because of the call of Your Spirit in our hearts,
the Spirit that reveals to Your worldwide church that Your will is not yet being done on earth as it is in heaven.