by Angela Jackson | Jun 10, 2015 | Opinion
The economic challenges facing future ministers was the topic of conversation during a recent gathering of clergy and laity that I attended. The conversation was both broad and deep, for each person brought unique experience and perspective to the table. As is the...
by Robert Parham | Jun 10, 2015 | Opinion
Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment will be released on June 18, according to the Vatican press office. The letter’s Italian title is “Laudato Si: Sulla cura della casa comune,” which in English is “Be Praised: On the Care of the...
by Colin Harris | Jun 9, 2015 | Opinion
Richard Young, one of the pioneers of clinical pastoral education, offered a cryptic expression of the ethical perspective with which we seem to enter this world. “I want what I want when I want it,” he said 50 years ago in a seminary class. A young child...
by Thomas Kidd | Jun 9, 2015 | Opinion
Collin Hansen’s new book, “Blind Spots,” has initiated a helpful conversation about what American evangelicals conventionally miss when their faith is defined by insular, America-intensive subcultures. I found especially instructive his interview...
by Michael Shaw | Jun 9, 2015 | Opinion
I have recently started re-reading Leviticus. You enter into a strange world, an alien culture of sacrifice. ¨It is hard not only getting your head around the ritual, but also trying to understand how any of this could be relevant to anyone in our culture. After...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 8, 2015 | Opinion
One of the joys of late spring can be found flitting about the trees. Our backyard is typically populated by robins, thrashers, wrens, towhees, chickadees, sparrows, cardinals, woodpeckers, and doves, with a few other feathery friends just passing through. This year a...
