Leroy Barber Five principles for a lasting marriage. MARRIAGE IS A wonderful thing. Yet it seems to be taking ...

Here is the most common myth that Christians mistakenly apply to urban areas: The Inner-City is Morally Bankrupt. I used to lead and organize inner-city mission trips. Churches, y ...

It’s easier to guide the vision and mission of a church you start. It’s another thing to help a 135-year-old congregation reimagine what it means to be a downtown urban church in a world that has changed drama ...

Michelle Garcia The Street Psalms community pursues theology from below—and that changes everything about how "missionary" work ...

"Deborah was a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth. She was judge over Israel at that time. She held court under Deborah's palm between Ramah and Bethel in the hills of Ephraim. ...

My friend Joe told me the story of relocating his family to be part of a church that takes community seriously. My friend Joe told me the story of relocating his family to be part ...

Elizabeth Palmberg Bio: Author of The Hip-Hop Church; Senior pastor of Bio: Author of The Hip-Hop Chur ...

<p>After college I completed a year of service with <a href="http://www.publicallies.org/site/c.liKUL3PNLvF/b.3158921/k.D04A/New_York.htm">Public Allies New York,</a> an <a href= ...

A while back, I was in a situation where I was mocked publicly in front of 300-plus young leaders. There were racial overtones.</p> A while back, I was in a situation where ...

I stayed up way too late in a Buffalo hotel room the other night, eating string cheese and Oscar Mayer salami from the convenience store across the parking lot, watching the tail end of the Connect ...

Twelve years ago our dear friend Julia took a badly neglected baby boy away from his crackhead mother and made him her own. Twelve years ago our dear friend Julia took a badly neg ...

Pastor Adam Hamilton talks about how his <a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2811">suburban megachurch</a> engages issues of social justice in the education system of their ...

Remember Bobbie Williams, the tough but hopeful friend <a href="http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2525">we sent to truck-driving school back in May</a>? </p> ...

I believe that every dedicated family following Jesus is a great instrument for the kingdom of God. A family serving together is a picture of God's love and grace. I believe ...

The other day Marty invited some neighborhood kids over to help with a mailing she brought home from work. The other day Marty invited some neighborhood kids over to help with a m ...

[<a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/new-monastics-and-race">see all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race</a>.]</p> [ see all posts in t ...

I've been on lots of roads trips, but none of them compare to <a href="http://www.thewalnuthillsfellowship.org/">The Walnut Hills Fellowship's</a> weekend journey to Chicago. ...

The months of May and June are always a special time for school commencements. The months of May and June are always a special time for school commencements. And, each year, I rea ...

I won't even try to describe all of the maddening details of finding a HUD apartment for a homeless, no-income family that consists of a mother, five kids under the age of nine, and a nurturing fat ...

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<p>Unconscionable: adjective</p> <p>1. not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.</p> <p>2. not in accordance with what is just or reasonable: unconscionable behavior.</p> < ...

<P>For as long as I can remember, I've ended my letters and e-mails with the encouragement "Keep the faith." I must have picked that up from my father, since he's the only person I kn ...

<P>We've gotten enough calls and e-mails from folks concerned about <A href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/02/im-an-idiot-by-bart-campolo.html">my state of mind</A&g ...

<P>On Easter Sunday sermons about new life and transformation, resurrection and redemption abound. On Easter Sunday sermons about new life and transformation, resurrecti ...

Shane Claiborne Christian activist (and former high school prom king) Shane Claiborne spent his college years in the company of like-mind ...

Larry Bellinger Are in-your-face visits to prison the best we can do for 'troubled' teens? This spri ...

Larry Bellinger Lisa Sullivan has set her heart on politicizing the hip-hop nation. Lisa Sullivan knows how to ...

Catherine Meeks What does it take to create community? A calm and tender manner isn't a bad place to start. ...

Al Gallmon The ground of urban ministry. After reading Eldin Villafañe's Seek the Peace of the City , ...