I wish we could blame the COVID-19 pandemic, political derision, and social anxiety for all of the church’s challenges. But the real culprit is our basic humanness. And the church is full of people. And last time I checked, people are a complexity of differing beliefs, identities, personalities, communication styles, cognitions, and so much more. … Continue reading
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, a firestorm is “a raging fire of great intensity, as one fueled by oil or gas, that spreads rapidly.” That might be the best way to describe what Kristen Kobes Du Mez’s work around her book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured … Continue reading
For many, the association between certain an American political party and Conservative Evangelical Christianity is synonymous. Why is that the case? Is that the mischaracterization by outsiders? Or an unfortunate accurate matching? Whatever the case may be, we must consider the full ramifications of our political persuasion as Christians in America. How we vote directly … Continue reading
What do missions look like in a post-colonial world? So much of our understanding of missions has been shaped by the way that Euro-Americans have done it for the last several centuries. “As we broaden our thinking about how we might go into the world, we also need to be wise about the minefields that … Continue reading
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