by Susan Andrews
My outrage has lain dormant for years. The transitions in my life has consumed my energy – new job, new house, parents aging and dying, children planning weddings. Who has the time to be outraged? But finally I am.
It was a combination of the headline – buried on page 23. And then there […]
by Steve Rankin
We’ve become quite aware (and appropriately so) of the religious diversity around the world and in our neighborhoods. The upshot is a certain lack of confidence: if there are so many sincerely religious people and our visions of the divine (even using “divine” as the reference is problematic) are so diverse, how could […]
by Trevor Eppehimer
In a time in which the logic of the market carries over into religion as well as economics, religious leaders often feel pressure to tailor theology to meet the demands of the consumer-driven, spiritual marketplace. As a result, theological “hard truths” are often soft peddled, lest they adversely impact things like […]
by Jim Burklo
It was a cube consisting of many separate pieces of charred wood, each piece dangling from a thin black wire, hanging from the ceiling of the De Young Museum in San Francisco. This artwork by Cornelia Parker was entitled “Anti-Mass”. It was a compelling sight. It reminded me of the way blackened embers […]
by Meg Peery McLaughlin
They were traveling up the center aisle to see the body. Moving with faithful footsteps toward the one they dearly loved. Tears filled their eyes and they held tight to daughters and sisters as they came forward to view the deceased, hands folded calmly, suit freshly pressed.
I had lost the battle, you […]
by Robert K. Martin
Theology.
What is it?
Where does it lead?
What difference does it make?
As a kid raised in a Southern Baptist family in a Southern Baptist home in a Southern culture (Louisiana, which could be considered “southern-kicked up a notch”, especially if you have read Rebecca Wells “The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya […]
by Fred Weidmann
Ah, summer. Warm—or, hot (!)—weather, a break in the normal routines, time to recharge and recreate. Among the activities I am involved in this summer are several conferences, at which I am taking various leadership and participatory roles, and a family vacation which will involve some amount of hiking.
A story familiar to many, […]
by Roy Howard
This is a story about neighbors.
Marduk is my neighbor. We share a fence in the suburbs of Maryland near Washington, DC. “In my country” or “in my village” is how Marduk begins many sentences, having lived in Iran until seven years ago when he moved to Maryland with his wife and two children. […]