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By AnaYelsi Velasco Sánchez
Names to remember: Victims of police violence
Andy Lopez (13) – Shot and killed in 2013 by a police officer who saw him walking with an airsoft gun.
Tamir Rice (12) – Shot and killed in 2014 by a police officer who saw him playing with a toy pellet gun.
By Misty Irons
by Misty Irons
As someone who is a member of the Reformed branch of the conservative evangelical church, I have been asking myself what I would like to see happen in the future for us straight Christians who hold to a Side B position on homosexuality.
By Mark Charles
The challenge with Donald Trump is that he understands all too well what made America “great.” And this has presented a problem for the Republican Party, and now, with his nomination, will cause a problem for the entire country.
Reviewed by Shannon Beeby
Set in in the microcosm of a pool party for the teenage son of a Midwestern megachurch pastor, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party takes a macrocosmic look at the questions and concerns that confront many faith communities.
By Carolyn Custis James
Anyone who has a finger on the pulse of American evangelicalism has to be wondering if the patient will survive.
During the current presidential election cycle, American evangelicalism has suffered what may prove to be a potentially lethal setback at the hands of a few evangelical leaders.
By John Seel
Life is spherical. It is lived in 3D. It is better understood from lived experience than from abstractions. It is messy, provisional, and intrinsically relational. These are the guiding insights of millennials…
By Darren Calhoun
Tomorrow will mark my sixth year of being part of counter-protest efforts at the Chicago LGBTQ Pride parade. This effort started with the “I’m Sorry” campaign in 2010. At that time, a group of people gathered together to apologize for the way the church has harmed LGBTQ communities.
By Rob Barrett
Christian practices teach us to live differently. So when the culture preaches relentless productivity and greed, we practice resting and giving. Such things don’t come naturally, but practice enables us—by the grace of God—to withstand the world’s pressures.
By Logan Paiste
You’re a Christian leader who holds the traditional view of sexuality, but you want to be a safe, loving person for LGBTQ folks like myself.
By Misty Irons
As someone who is a member of the Reformed branch of the conservative evangelical church, I have been asking myself what I would like to see happen in the future for us straight Christians who hold to a Side B position on homosexuality.
By Ben Barczi
Tonight I will be joining followers of Jesus throughout the world and throughout time as we remember the suffering of Jesus. Our hearts and minds will be drawn, once again, to consider that God is neither aloof nor distant
By Paul Alexander
Forensic Jesus on Vimeo.
by Paul Alexander
As you know, Jesus was not European or white. Jesus was Middle Eastern and Jewish, of African and Canaanite descent.
By Greg Boyd
I’m a member of a special task group on racial reconciliation that consists of a dozen or so pastors from around the Twin Cities. We’ve been meeting periodically for the past year or so in order to strategize how to help the church of the Twin Cities as a whole move forward in racial reconciliation.
By Dan Kaser
Gay children—rather than being people the church should turn out—are among the most disenfranchised members of our society. We might even call them “the least of these.”
By Beth Malena
Lately I’ve been having great conversations with straight cisgender Christians who ask how they can best support the LGBTQ+ Christian community. These are important questions, and I’ve been hearing more and more innovative, contextual ideas.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
I was delighted to attend a lecture last weekend by Dr. Leonard Swidler, Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he has taught since 1966. A prolific author (75 books!), now 87 years young, Swidler continues his energetic advocacy for dialogue, particularly interfaith and interideological conversations.
Reviewed by Harold Dean Trulear
I recall vividly a conversation with a colleague about what he thought to be the sad state of campus ministry. He especially eschewed the “soft overemphasis on personal piety
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