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Defining 'Progressive'

Diana Butler Bass 4-21-2009

"Progressive" has become the adjective of choice to describe faith communities with commitments to justice, serving the poor, and environmentalism.

Four Points Toward Peace in the Middle East

Brian McLaren 4-16-2009

I've written a lot on Palestine and Gaza in recent years. Any of us who travel (or read) know that peace in the world can't be separated from peace in Israel -- peace for Jews, and peace for Muslim and Christian Palestinians.

Celebrating Easter Reconciliation: Alive and One in Christ

Mimi Haddad 4-13-2009

As we celebrate Easter and Christ's empty tomb, we recognize that Calvary changes everything!

Wendell Berry's Whitefoot

Cathleen Falsani 4-09-2009

Walking in botanical gardens one recent, perfect, early spring day, a quick burst of movement in the thicket of a yellow Carolina jasmine hedge caught my eye.

A Humble and Holy Rebellion

Timothy McMahan King 4-02-2009

In this season of Lent, we often reflect on our need for greater humility as we seek to follow Christ on the road to Calvary.

John Hope Franklin: Scholar, Activist, Truth-teller

Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-27-2009

John Hope Franklin lived through most of the twentieth century. He was a gentle man, a scholar, an activist, and a truth-teller. He studied history and he helped to make it.

I'm the Older Brother

Tony Campolo 3-24-2009

When it comes to President Obama's stimulus package and its provisions to help those Americans who are having great difficulty paying their home mortgages, I have come to realize that I'm like the older brother in the story of the Prodigal Son.

Holy Expansion: My Christian Carbon Footprint, Part 2

Eliacín Rosario-Cruz 3-09-2009

[continued from part 1]

The God Who Sees: International Women's Day Synchroblog

Julie Clawson 3-09-2009

Shortly after I took a position as Children's Ministry Director at a small Baptist church, I sat down with the kids under my care and asked them what questions they would like to ask God.

Waltz with Bashir: Drawing a Massacre from Memory

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 2-16-2009

Each time I write about the Middle East, I feel compelled to repeat three concepts.

Jesus and Justice Always Kiss: A Plea to Youth Pastors Making Out with Empire

Jarrod McKenna 2-11-2009

That U.S. megaphone of amazing grace, Shane Claiborne, was recently moved to tears after witnessing a youth gathering in Australia.

An Atheist's Praise of Evangelism in Africa

Brian McLaren 1-05-2009

Matthew Parris is a self-confessed atheist, but he writes with extraordinary candor and insight about the role of faith in social transformation in a recent http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t

The Promise of Christmas

Duane Shank 12-23-2008

At the time of year when Christians proclaim the birth of the Prince of Peace, in too many places our world remains wracked by violence, and our efforts to end it seem futile.

My Advent Calendar: December 9

Diana Butler Bass 12-09-2008

I had a hard time finding window nine, an elusive little door hidden in the bushes outside of the cathedral. When I opened it, there was a picture of one of the most famous of Jesus' stories: The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32).

My Advent Calendar: December 8

Diana Butler Bass 12-08-2008

My Advent Calendar: December 6

Diana Butler Bass 12-06-2008

When I opened the sixth window on the Advent calendar, a very traditional Christian picture greeted me: a shepherd carrying a sheep.

Is America the Promised Land or Egypt?

Jimmy McCarty 11-13-2008

Social location is vital to understanding how people come to their interpretations, and appropriations, of the Bible and its stories.

The Last Story of Summer

Phyllis Tickle 9-21-2008

Bible Stories Your Mother Never Told You -- and One to be Told Differently

Phyllis Tickle 7-27-2008

Folks in my line of work ... i.e., writers in the field of religion ... do a lot of talking and lecturing during the fall, winter, and spring months when schools are in session and everyone more or less agrees that vacation time is over and done with for another [...]

A Crash Course in Jesus Studies

Phyllis Tickle 7-20-2008

Jesus A Sunday or two ago, I made mention of -- more to the truth, wrote a whole