Resisting the Single Story: What Advent Teaches About Power
By Laurie Nichols
Every powerful system has a way of telling its own story.
It tells us who matters, who gets to speak, and who should stay quiet. It rewards certainty and punishes nuance.
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By Laurie Nichols
Every powerful system has a way of telling its own story.
It tells us who matters, who gets to speak, and who should stay quiet. It rewards certainty and punishes nuance.
By Ron Sider
I’m not a social activist.
I’m a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Savior, and Lord of the universe.
In the inner-city congregation where my family worshiped for more than a decade, the choir often sang a song I still love:
By Dr. Ron Sider
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger started as a sermon at a little Baptist church in Connecticut in 1966. Although the initial response was largely positive, not everyone liked it! One group of critics rushed into print a book with the delightful title: Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt
By Andre Henry
At the time, the thought of dozens of evangelicals, young and old, convening to meet and talk about economic injustice, racism, gender equality, and other social justice issues was unheard of. But that is what happened in Chicago, in 1973. Some of today’s most prominent justice
By Katelyn Durst
It is hard to admit this
because we are kind people
but we wouldn’t know unity from contempt
we wouldn’t know togetherness from war
By Molly Lorden
Jesus spent three years with his disciples, ministering to people, healing the sick, spending time in fellowship with sinners, and preaching the good news. In the last two weeks before his death and resurrection, he showed us where his priorities were.
By Kaitlin B. Curtice
On Easter Sunday, I struggled.
I struggled to know the power of communion as I watched the woman across the room wearing a shirt with dream catchers and feathers all over it.
By Alia Joy
I remember reading the book of Ruth as a new Christian, and I came to the verse where Naomi says, “The Lord’s hand has turned against me” (1:13 NIV). I thought, You can’t talk to God like that.
By Michael Rhodes
A lot of press has been given over the years to the Old Testament laws regarding the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the alien. In looking recently at the gleaning laws
By Prasanta Verma
Scattered, broken particles
must be remade
after life on earth snaps,
crushes each bone, sinew,
By Bonnie O’Neil
I sat glued to the television screen for hours, transfixed by the plumes of fire and smoke rising to the heavens above Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral. Grief-stricken, I hung on every word the reporters shared of the potential fate of this sacred space.
By Kevin Singer and Chris Stackaruk
Evangelical students respond to the Christchurch shootings
On March 15th, a white supremacist carried out a horrific terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 and injuring 50 others as they prayed.
By Aline Mello
There are certain things I have to believe.
I have to believe that God is good. Though it doesn’t always seem like He is. It doesn’t seem like His plans are always good.
By Adam L. Gustine
I don’t think it comes as a surprise to note that the record on justice is spotty at best for white evangelicals. It has not been part of our normative framework for thinking about the gospel and the mission of the church.
By Ed Cyzewski
As Thomas Merton examined himself and his contributions to the spiritual life, he saw someone who was fragile, in need of God’s help, and still very much determined to share God’s life and peace with others.
By Christine Aroney-Sine
God’s bequest of play buffers us from the spiritual burnout so rampant in our faith communities.
My Lenten theme this year is Breaking Down Walls. When I chose this theme I was not just thinking of the controversy about the wall on the U.S/Mexican border.
By Andrew Marin
Recent research reveals that 76 percent of LGBT people who have left the church are open to returning to their faith community.