Date: April 21, 2020
One From Many Online Session 1
One from Many Readings, Songs, and Reflections One from Many was envisioned to be a monthly public gathering throughout 2020, sponsored by the Center for Religion in Public Life at […]
RPLI Posts
Date: April 18, 2020
Committing Faith in Public with Toby Jenkins, Oklahomans for Equality
On this podcast, Toby Jenkins, executive director of Oklahomans for Equality, talks about his richly-textured background in conservative circles (despite being raised by progressive parents) and his movement from that world into the caring and advocacy work of OkEq.
Date: April 16, 2020
Taking the Long View, Farmers and Scientists are Attending to the Health of the World’s Soil
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written by the Rev. Heather Coates (and before the pandemic). Rev. Coates, ordained in the United Church of Christ, is currently serving out her call […]
Date: April 7, 2020
Imagine Ourselves as Living in the Wilderness Rather than Defending a Promised Land
Both Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson embraced the U.S. as a new Promised Land—for white people. But in pitching designs for the Great Seal of the United States, they chose […]
Date: March 31, 2020
The Myth of American Exceptionalism is Dying, and that is a Good Thing
In the study of religion, “myth” does not mean “untruth” or “false.” It is a word associated with the deep story in which a people live, the well-springs of a […]
Date: March 24, 2020
In Praise of Our Communities
“In the beginning was the relationship,” said a former colleague at Phillips. Not the individual, but the relationship is the fundamental building block of human life. Contemporary understandings of physics […]
Date: March 17, 2020
Privatizing the Public is a Bad Idea, for We Can’t Reap What We Did Not Sow
How many articles and studies detail the dangers and detriments of valuing quarterly profits over long-term investments? How many times have we, the American people, been warned that our sense […]
Date: March 10, 2020
We are Inescapably Connected But It’s Not Clear that We can Share the Same Planet
Whether we members of the human race want to be or not, we are each part of a larger whole. We ignore the connections, we ignore our relationships, at our […]
Date: March 3, 2020
Let’s Display “In God We Trust” in Every Classroom, and…
I’m thrilled that the Oklahoma Legislature remains so interested in supporting religion in the state. In recent years, bills have been submitted (not all passed or will pass) to put […]
Date: February 29, 2020
Committing Faith in Public: Talking Reconciliation is Not Enough with the Rev. Robert Turner and the Rev. David Wiggs
In this special collaborative edition of the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church podcast ASCENDS, its hosts are joined by co-host, Dr. Gary Peluso-Verdend from the Committing Faith in Public podcast. […]