A New Artistic Vision

[This is the last in a series of guest blogs from Abby Thornton, who’s been attending the “Children, Youth, and a New Kind of Christianity” conference in Washington, D.C. this week.] Jackson Pollock, at work.I’m not really an art person. Well,...

A New Kind of Letter

[This is the third in a series of guest blogs by Abby Thornton from the Children, Youth, and New Kind of Christianity conference being held this week in Washington, D.C.] When I taught about the books of the Bible this spring, my kids at church were surprised to learn...

Context Is Key to Interpreting Romans 13:1-7

A critical factor for biblical interpretation is context, context, context. Nowhere is this point truer than Romans 13:1-7. As Robert Parham’s recent editorial, “Romans 13 Is Weak Proof-Text for Anti-Immigration Church Members,” illustrates, Romans...

Asking New Questions

[Another guest blog by Abby Thornton, from the “Children, Youth, and a New Kind of Christianity” conference in Washington, D.C.] I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but I spent the first 20 minutes or so of Brian McLaren’s keynote...

A New Kind of Ministry?

(The first of several guest blogs by Abby Thornton, who’s attending the C.Y.N.K.C. conference in Washington, D.C.) When I became a Pastor, I also became a Children’s Minister. This was a bit of a surprise; I had worked in Children’s and Youth...

Religious Liberty “ A Core American Value

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from BrucePrescott’smanuscript prepared for the ninth annual Interfaith Day of Prayer and Reflection last week in Oklahoma City. Young James Madison graduated in 1771 from the College of New Jersey, now Princeton...