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Things I’ve Learned from Fundamentalists
In his adolescence, Gerald Schlabach attended churches led by fundamentalists. "What is surprising me," he writes, "is how relevant some of the things that biblical fundamentalists taught me are...
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Violence and the Eucharist - How Should Pastors Respond to Shootings?
How should pastors respond to violence in this age of mass-shootings? Congregational rituals and practices like the eucharist, writes Anthony Siegrist, are a source of pastoral wisdom.
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Is America a Christian Nation? Should it Be? - Lessons from Marilynne Robinson
Acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson asks: What would one expect to see if America was a Christian nation? The answer may surprise us.
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All the Colors We Will See - A Conversation with Patrice Gopo
In this interview, Patrice Gopo discusses her essay collection titled All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way.
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The Dragons We Know
Who are the dragons and dragon-slayers in the modern human drama of mass migration? The lines between right and wrong become blurrier by the week.
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Urgency of the Local: Running for Political Office in 2018 - An Interview...
Jim Read has knocked on thousands of doors in central Minnesota with the belief that local conversations can not just win votes, but restore civic bonds.
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I Want to be Free, America
In this essay, Tyrek Corry asks: What does it means to be free in an America where so many are held captive by systemic racism?
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Finding Words When We Have None - On Mary Oliver and “In Blackwater Woods”
When her infant daughters were dying in the hospital, Laura Kelly Fanucci spoke Mary Oliver's poem "In Blackwater Woods" over them like a benediction.
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The Earth is Not a Political Football
Care of God’s earth cannot be dismissed as just a political issue, particularly if the church hopes to show that religion can be a force for good.
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A Lament for Rachel Held Evans
It may seem strange to mourn someone you only engaged with on Twitter. But our lives on the internet are as real as other parts of life. Rachel mattered to me.
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The Living Protest of Sumud
One of the symbols of sumud is the olive tree. Israeli settlers have destroyed thousands of olive trees and Palestinians simply plant more.
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Death and Dairy Goats - Finding Hope in an Era of Climate Disaster
In a climate change era, even pastors need to be reminded that life is more powerful than death. Sometimes that reminder comes in the form of a baby goat.
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Ain’t That America? - An Excerpt from Red State Christians
Who are the Christians that voted for Donald Trump? Angela Denker explains how Red State Christians lost confidence in the nation's Christian identity.
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What I Learned About Empathy in Gun Class
How did my religious relatives square their faith with owning guns? Maybe they wondered the same thing about me: how did I justify being gay and Christian?
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Seeing with God’s Eyes - A Review of The God Who Sees by Karen González
Karen González has written a "hermeneutics of immigration" in her new book The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong.
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You’re Doing Racial Reconciliation Wrong - An Excerpt from I Bring the Voices...
Read a modified excerpt from I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation.
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The Methodist Split, Three Perspectives - Reflections from Collegeville Writers
In face of an impending split within the United Methodist Church, three alumni of the Collegeville Institute's writing workshops share their reflections.
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A Litany for the Coronavirus
Anne and Jeffery Rowthorn, current Resident Scholars at the Collegeville Institute, wrote a litany about the coronavirus for use in places of worship.
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To Do the Common Good
Peak usage of the “common good” was in 1941, the beginning of World War II, an event that eventually called upon every single American to sacrifice.
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Zoom Isn’t the (Only) Answer
We should not fool ourselves: we’re in this coronavirus thing for the long haul, and digital tools like Zoom won’t save us.
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