I had the pleasure, a few days ago, of being one of the minister-coaches for confirmation students who were writing personal statements of faith. This particular confirmation class consisted mostly of senior high students. They were moving towards church membership at the First Presbyterian Church in Sarasota, Florida. My task as a coach was to …
This post is a step-by-step guide for organizing and leading a book club on racism.
Two award-winning MIT economists have given us a trove of insight on wealth, poverty, and well-being perfectly timed for a contentious election year.
This post is a short list of essential readings in Queer Theology, whose central task is to bring to light hidden voices and ignored perspectives. The point of course is to disrupt the Church’s dominating voices in order that Christian faith may be seen in a new light.
In the spring of 2019, a terrifying realization took hold of me. I began to believe that our warming planet was pushing the human race towards its own destruction. Unfortunately, once you believe something you’re stuck with it. My lifelong assumption that the future would always be better has been replaced by a fear that …
This post is designed to help the reader quickly grasp the major ideas in James Cone’s Cross and the Lynching Tree. In addition to an introduction and chapter summaries, this post contains detailed margin notes.
