Date: January 12, 2021
White Christianity, Democracy, and the Future
“Equality for all” has nearly always taken a back seat to “liberty for some” in America, and white Christianity is the heart of that hierarchy. Whether this nation is of […]
Category: Blog Posts
Date: January 5, 2021
Ecumenical Dialogue and the Journey from Enmity to Community
In the centuries preceding the establishment of the United States, Christians slaughtered each other. Lutherans and Calvinists could not abide Mennonites or Arminian Baptists. Even in the American colonies, Quakers […]
Date: December 21, 2020
For Those Who Did Not Get the Phone Call
Robert Short wrote one of the first theology books I owned: The Gospel According to Peanuts. In the Peanuts strip, Charles Schulz introduced readers to many ethical, philosophical, and theological […]
Date: December 15, 2020
Christians and Illiberal Democracy
When someone says they are acting to defend democracy, query what they mean by democracy. Christians using the term these days provide sufficient reason to ask. Polarized Christian camps are […]
Date: December 8, 2020
The Gap Between Charity and Justice
“We the People of the United States, in Order to … establish Justice…” From the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America “Invoking the guidance of Almighty […]
Date: December 1, 2020
12 More Ways Faith Communities Could Foster a More Healthy Society
This is the second of two blogs to address the question: What do people of faith know that could make for a more healthy society, if we were intentional about […]
Date: November 24, 2020
Offering the Better Angels of Faith Communities for a More Healthy Society
What do people of faith know that could make for a more healthy society, if we were intentional about making practical and public what we know? A few weeks ago, […]
Date: November 17, 2020
12 Ways Faith Communities Could Improve the Soil for Democracy
During October and through election week, I taught a free, online course. The topic was how people of faith might foster the regeneration of democracy in the U.S. The course […]
Date: November 10, 2020
If We Want Healing, Commit to Struggling Together
Forty-five years ago this month, theologian and ecumenist Robert McAfee Brown gave a brilliant speech at the opening of the World Council of Churches Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. His address […]
Date: November 2, 2020
A Leap of Faith in God’s Time
On November 2, I am trying to pay attention primarily to my faith commitments regarding my and our time in the universe. Who am I, who are we, what am […]