Latest from ESACalled to Join the Fray: A Review of “Raise Your Voice”October 16, 2018By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun I first encountered Kathy Khang on social media several years ago. I don’t remember the specific issue she was addressing, but I remember reading her tweets and Facebook comments with a combination of admiration and awe. She challenged the status quo and spoke truth to power with…... Read more...The Dangerous Words of Modern Martyr Archbishop Oscar RomeroOctober 15, 2018By Oscar Romero with Michael Lapsley Oscar Romero spent just three years as Archbishop of San Salvador, but by the time he was murdered in 1980 he had become a shepherd to all the people of El Salvador, and the outspoken advocate of its oppressed peasants. In those three years,…... Read more...What If We Don’t Agree?October 12, 2018By Jon Carlson This is the third installment in our six-week visual series on exploring what God’s love looks like, when we live it out in our world. If you’re just joining us, you can begin with the first installment here. Today, ask God to bring to mind a journalist,…... Read more...The Abused Bride of ChristOctober 11, 2018By Catherine Kroeger Like an abused woman, the church is battered and bleeding—from a wound that she fails to recognize. Many evangelicals cannot bear to acknowledge that spousal abuse is an enduring problem within our very walls. Both individually and as a faith community, we are ashamed and humiliated to admit…... Read more...Created In God’s Image, At Any Size: An Interview With J. Nicole MorganOctober 10, 2018By Melanie Springer Mock When Paige Patterson made a “comeback sermon” last month at a church revival in Alabama, he chose to include body-shaming as a way to bring his listeners to Jesus. Patterson had been fired months earlier from his post as president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,…... Read more...Labor Pains and Maternal GriefOctober 9, 2018By Sarah Withrow King Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! ~Matthew 23:37 I am a mother.…... Read more...If You Speak, Will Anyone Hear You?October 8, 2018By Kathy Khang The world is a noisy place. Smart phones. Smart watches. Alerts. Notifications. Social media. Satellite radio. Streaming video. News 24/7. On any given Sunday morning in church, don’t be surprised if you hear a guitar or keyboard playing softly in the background during the announcements or prayer.…... Read more...Our Shared HumanityOctober 5, 2018By Jon Carlson This is the second installment in our six-week visual series on exploring what God’s love looks like, when we live it out in our world. You can see the first installment here. Today, pray for an international enemy. Invite God to bring to mind a nation, ethnic…... Read more...Dismantling Privilege: A Review of “White Picket Fences”October 4, 2018By Melanie Springer Mock Every once in a while, I read a book that resonates with me so fully, I wish I could become close friends with its author. I presume this is the case with most inveterate readers: we see our lives represented in an author’s words, and feel…... Read more...
