by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 18, 2014 | Opinion
With a boatload of writing projects staring me in the face, I got up early this morning and … went blackberry picking. Sometimes that’s just what has to be done, or what begs to be done. When there’s a two-acre patch of wild blackberries just a few...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 18, 2014 | Opinion
Day by day, in the decisions we make and the actions we take, we are choosing whether to live in the desert of division or in the promised land of peace; in the wilderness of exclusion or the paradise of acceptance; in the far country of fear or the home of love. We...
by Peter Dunn | Jun 18, 2014 | Opinion
The church has experienced dramatic growth in the global south over the past century, in contrast to much of the Western world. Yet there remains a challenge in terms of discipleship, as highlighted by the example of Rwanda. The country had an estimated 90 percent of...
by Colin Harris | Jun 17, 2014 | Opinion
Sometimes my ethical thinking moves along a continuum with the question “How can I help you?” on one end and the pronouncement “Here’s what’s wrong with you” on the other. The question pulls me toward compassion and understanding by...
by Rupen Das | Jun 17, 2014 | Opinion
Anger at injustice is often undergirded by a sense of sadness that this is not the way God intended the world to be. There is value in stepping back to ask whether there is a theology that explains the realities of the refugee and the poor and allows Christians to...
by Dennis Bickers | Jun 17, 2014 | Opinion
I have heard many tales of clergy being horribly treated by members of their congregations and have seen firsthand how poorly some of my clergy friends have been treated in my 20 years of bivocational ministry and 13 years of denominational leadership. I am well aware...
