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“It’s the economy, stupid.” Bill Clinton’s pithy observation says so much about contemporary American political inclinations, and not only in

President Barack Obama has been a good president! Of course, there are areas where I disagree with his policy choices,

Read Leslie Woods’ Essay, “Poverty in America and What the Church Can Do” Read Karen Keene’s Essay, “Poverty in America

Frequently, and especially in the summer months, the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness in Washington, DC, has the opportunity to

Each day my drive to work takes me from the suburbs to downtown Salt Lake City.  As I get off

Read Jeff Foels’ Essay, “Two Prophetic Words: A Call to Tend to Content and Context” Read Steven Germoso’s Essay, “All

There are two prophetic essays to be written on youth, young adults, and the church. In the first, the focus

Read Olin Sletto’s Essay, “What Constitutes ‘Welcome’?” Read Andreas Teich’s Essay, “LGBTQ Ministry and the ELCA” LGBTQ Ministry in the

LGBTQ and Ministry in the ELCA II NOTE: The context and culture of a congregation will be a huge factor

LGBTQ and Ministry in the ELCA III In the fall of 1983, one of my seminary classmates confided that he

Read Lucia Rios’ Essay, “Disability and the Church – Attitudes and Access” Read Jill VandeZande’s Essay, “Pale Faces” My family

Disability has always been part of my life.  I was born with Spina Bifida, which happened within the first months

18 John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord

Read Landon Whitsitt’s Essay, “Raising Up Leaders: Contextual Theological Education for All” Read José Irizarry’s Essay, “It is much more

When the announcement came out of a new 3-D screening of Disney’s beloved The Lion King, I was sure I

Cynthia begins her reflection on “Equipping Leaders: Change and Theological Education” by sharing about her work with the 21 C

Read Duncan Hanson’s Essay, “Middle Eastern Christians and the Arab Spring” Read Noushin Darya Framke’s Essay, “Liberation Technology: Revolution by

My husband says he hates Twitter, but only because he didn’t think of it first. He says it is such

Mohammed said that, of all religious people, Christians are closest in affection to Muslims. Even so, ever since Mohammad conquered

In his critical reflection of the Christian faith entitled The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith, Marcus J.

Our church custodian usually comes by at odd hours to take care of the church. Being a pastor, I am

Read Stephanie Sorge Wing’s Essay, “Engaging from the Pulpit” Read Jermaine Marshall’s Essay, “Divine Deconstruction for Human Reconstruction” I’m an

Indigenous Christianity in Madagascar: The Power to Heal in Community by Cynthia Holder Rich (Peter Lang 2011) I am happy

Read Gary Gunderson’s Essay, “Faith, Health, and the Vitality of the Church” I lived for six years in Madagascar, where

Read Elizabeth M. Bounds’ Essay, “The Wages of Sin…Are Pris0n” Read Reginald Smith’s Essay, “A Different Path!” A crisis, unseen

One week ago, Joe whispered that he wanted to talk with me before Sunday service started. We walked into the

The word “crisis” is overused in our hype-oriented world.  But crisis is an understatement when describing the state of incarceration

Read Mark H. Rich’s Essay, “Golden Boys, Sex, and Power” Many reporters, broadcasts, and articles have been riveted over recent

Following Cynthia’s essay, I have to start by saying, Amen! And here are my own verses to her chorus. As

Isn’t it ironic that just a week ago there was much ado about recent eschatological predictions that the world as

As my colleague noted in the earlier posting this week, “public” has become an increasingly popular adjective to describe theological

Read Clint Le Bruyns’ Essay, “Public Theology? On responsibility for the public good” Read R. Ward Holder’s Essay, “Public Theology

Evangelism and justice—strange bedfellows, many would assume. Or perhaps, estranged lovers in a war for the loyalties of their children

It is refreshing to see an “and” between these two words rather than an “or.”  As a child growing up

Read George R. Hunsberger’s Essay, “Full Disclosure: Justice and Evangelism Together” Read Laurie Hartzell’s Essay, “Evangelism And Justice” The false

Love Wins raises some important questions but doesn’t help readers think through the questions or search for answers, and that’s

See Pamela K. Brubaker’s Essay, “Dispatches from an Immigration Frontline” Denominations can take stands – what will happen next is

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do

What is the Confession of Belhar REALLY about? Firstly, gentle reader, know that I am aware of the current controversy

Is the church doing “the right thing for the wrong reason”? As the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) moves toward adopting the

Dear sisters and brothers in the Presbyterian Church (USA), 1. It is with great excitement and joy that we heard

See Anne Marie Dalton’s Essay, “The Environment and Politics” See Dan Turk’s Essay, “Politics and the Environment: Reflections on the

Mongolia left reeling from the loss of livestock In March 2010, my husband and I visited Mongolia as part of

See Megan Hunt Fryling’s Essay, “The Church In Transition” See Jeffrey Japinga’s Essay, “The Church In Transition” The 1950s are 

See Theresa Cho’s Essay, “Mary & Martha: Women in Ministry in the 21st Century” I was ordained in 1984.  For

See Landon Whitsitt’s Video, “Response to the Church and Technology” See Meri MacLeod’s Essay, “Theological Education Through Interactive Technologies: Scenes

See Philip Vinod Peacock’s Essay, “Can the Rich be Saved?” See Jermaine J. Marshall’s Essay, “Gospel and Wealth: The Wickedness

Read J. Kameron Carter’s Essay, “An Extreme Social Vision: On King’s ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’” Read John Senior’s Essay,

See Ruth-Aimée Belonni-Rosario’s Essay, “An Advent Reflection” See R. Ward Holder’s Essay, “An Advent Reflection” The Word of the Lord

Why do we expect politicians to make just peace? In honor of the Prince of Peace, I have been called

Two learnings from the ecumenical movement See Neal D. Presa’s Essay, “Ecumenism in a Post-Denominational Time” See Susan E. Davies’

It has been a rough few years in theological education. See Cynthia R. Milsap’s Essay, “Will the future of theological

The argument that religious types are supposed to make about the environment can be stated in one word: stewardship. See

See Carol Howard Merritt’s Essay, “Each Gave According to Their Need” See Teresa Chávez Sauceda’s Essay, “Financial Stewardship and Recession”

Disaster relief is a complex thing. See Fred Johnson’s Essay, “Fallen Humanity and Wall Street: Disasters of ‘When’ not ‘If’“

As Americans reflected on the five-year anniversary of Hurricane  Katrina, a group of Caribbean islands were too concerned with preparations

“What is it about the times in which we live here in the US that has caused this great uptick