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November 18, 2015
One young person’s subversive thoughts on church and society Please don’t shame my griefReflections on the violence in Paris and Beirut by Tad Hopp This weekend, my Facebook and Twitter feeds exploded with prayers, grief, and French flags in the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris that have left at least 129 people… Read more »
November 17, 2015
A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates ‘You say that I am a king’A resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on John 18:33–37 by Magdalena I. García Then Pilate… Read more »
November 13, 2015
You can take the pastor out of the church, but you can’t take the Church out of the pastor. We’re all God’s childrenWhat I feel, as a black father, when I see a South Carolina police officer throw a teenage girl across a room by Derrick L. Weston Ever since my divorce and subsequent… Read more »
November 12, 2015
If not now, when? Today’s RevelationA poem about demoting God, based on Revelation 14:13 by Rose Niles They rest fromtheir laborsand their worksdo follow do followmein this thoughtwe are busting out of our seamswith businessthat we have stolen from Godperhaps we have demoted Godto functionaryjust a topper on the cakebut the cake is of… Read more »
November 10, 2015
A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates Birth pangsA resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on 1 Samuel 2:4–8 by Magdalena I. García The bows of the mighty are… Read more »
November 9, 2015
A white man’s frank and repentant exploration of how racism finds a home in white folks’ souls. Perpetually numbed and easily shockedWhy the white soul remains untransformed in the face of so much racial injustice by Jeffrey A. Schooley Writing these columns for the past half-year has revealed to me what I only instinctually… Read more »
November 5, 2015
Stories of mustard seeds and mountains Small town justiceA pastor and a heroin addict’s father walk into a police station . . . by Sue Washburn My husband and I walked into the district magistrate’s office. It was cold. The air conditioning was blasting, the folding metal chairs uncomfortable. A couple dozen magazines were… Read more »
November 4, 2015
A pastor of a rural church explores matters of faith Wanting a city, loving the countryThe blessings of rural ministry by Ben Beres She just started laughing. My sister was in town recently to watch our boys for a couple days, and I was checking off my last-minute chores. She’d come a little early… Read more »
November 3, 2015
Seeing without categorizing Who are the destitute?In search of a true Communion in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by Anita Coleman For all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living. —Mark 12:44 (“The widow’s offering,”… Read more »
November 3, 2015
A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates Meager offeringsA resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Mark 12:38–44 by Magdalena I. García As he taught, he said, “Beware of… Read more »
