Posts Tagged: evangelical

Speak out

Challenge and change Sudan partners offer kids a bigger view of church By Sean Brubaker On a Saturday afternoon last summer, the usual crew of neighborhood boys were riding scooters up and down the avenue outside the church. When they saw the parking lot fill up they stopped to see what was going on. They have learned… Read more »

A mote in Minerva’s eye

The Homeless Church: What does it mean to be a Christian during the 2016 presidential elections? By Anita Coleman “Jeremiah, the prophet” my pastor Mark Davis said, during a recent sermon “in his letter to a people in exile, living among enemies, is using the language of the promised land. Despite captivity and exile, he… Read more »

TLC: Think Like a Christian

By Jeffrey A. Schooley  Regressing? What to do when there aren’t many pros in being progressive I’m probably a progressive Christian. But I didn’t start that way. In fact, I didn’t start as a Christian at all. I [insert your preferred language for converting here] during my senior year of high school. And when I did… Read more »

Not Quite Right

One slightly unhinged pastor’s attempt to love (and laugh with) a slightly unhinged church, from the inside out.   We assume too much . . . and not enough Can we tell a better story about those different from us? by Joshua Bower Pardon the not-exactly-church-appropriate language, but here’s a saying I love: “When you… Read more »

Recovering Reverend

You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor.   Things I miss from my evangelical daysI love much about being Presbyterian, but it’s time for these “frozen chosen” to thaw out beside the fires of our evangelical brethren. by Derrick L. Weston I have… Read more »

Simplicity on the Far Side of Complexity

“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes   Yes, I was that evangelical at the More Light Presbyterians conferenceHow evangelicals and progressives can cross the theological divide by Jodi Craiglow In… Read more »

Recovering Reverend

You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor.   Our patron saintsAre you a Donald Trump Presbyterian or a Mister Rogers Presbyterian? by Derrick L. Weston During the middle of the summer, I perused my social media and watched many recoil at the terrible… Read more »

Poking at Elephants

An evangelical’s (un)apologetic for the church   A future without memory
Why sources of authority are paramount by Brandon Gaide Monasteries are remarkable places. For example, most monasteries pray through all 150 psalms each week or month. I’m told that, particularly among the old-timers, their memory is so saturated with Scripture that they weave phrases from… Read more »

Poking at Elephants

An evangelical’s (un)apologetic for the church   Dialogue to what end? Mutual respect is not enough. Truth matters. by Brandon Gaide Even as I write this article, I’m conflicted. I value dialogue, deeply. I’ve experienced firsthand the ways that dialogue can shape and influence my own attitudes and opinions. I don’t want to denigrate the… Read more »

Simplicity on the Far Side of Complexity

“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes   What does Athens have to do with San Francisco?¹Talking past each other about the SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage by Jodi Craiglow So,… Read more »