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Resurrection: Bending Toward Love

Christian Piatt 4-02-2012

Image by Nico/Shutterstock

Lots of folks love preaching about the risen Christ on Easter Sunday without talking about what he went through to get there. It’s a bad habit we Protestants have, but plenty of us skip right over Maundy Thursday and Good Friday to Easter.

Were You There?

Andrew Wilkes 3-01-2012

The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone.

Let's Not Forget: It's Not About Us

Eugene Cho 4-19-2011

I'm very fond of this season in the Christian calendar because I can mention the word "ass" during my blog post and sermon and still keep all the fundamentalists off my back.

Another Vatican II Moment for the Catholic Church?

John Gehring 4-23-2010

These are dark days for Catholics and our church. The clergy sexual abuse scandals are a source of profound pain and raw anger.

Looking at Christ Through Cultural Lenses

Allison Ash 4-07-2010

Looking at me, pale-skinned and blonde-haired, you would not know that I come from a diverse background with an African-American great-grandmother and an American-Indian great-grandfather.

God's Image and Caesar's Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire

Arthur Waskow 5-04-2009

One of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture -- and perhaps at the heart of Christian opposition to torture as well.

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The Power to Dominate and the Power to Love

Cesar Baldelomar 4-16-2009

As Christians, our continual task is to explore and mediate on Jesus' teachings, as well as to emulate his deeds.

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Sacred Jazz: An Interview with Deanna Witkowski

Edward Gilbreath 4-15-2009

Congregational worship music has plenty of variety these days. Depending on the church, you could hear traditional hymns, a gospel choir, or arena rock. What's harder to find on a typical Sunday morning is a jazz quartet.

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Torturing the Least of These

Jimmy McCarty 9-10-2008

photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler Christians are people who follow a tortured and murdered God. This fact speaks clearly to what our values should be. One of those values should be a rejection of torture, violence in the name of "law" and the common good, and murder.

Currently, the U.S. government has been accused of torture at Guantanamo Bay and has