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Christian Complicity With Racism
Be sure to catch the recording of ESA’s Facebook Live with Jemar Tisby at the end of this piece! By Jemar Tisby While many Christian traditions and other religions have varied and valuable narratives,...
Loving LGBT People Well: 12 Suggestions for Traditional Churches
by Lindsey and Sarah Amid significant discussions about how churches relate to LGBT people, many people wonder whether churches that teach traditional sexual ethics can love LGBT people well. Part of the question relates...
Communion Liturgy for Freedom
By Kristyn Komarnicki It is for freedom that Christ has set us free! (Galatians 5:1) Jesus paid the price so that we can be free, and for this reason we can approach him with...
Bearing Witness
By Beth Foster The trees around the slaughterhouse are filled with a fatal lullaby because the mockingbirds have learned this funeral dirge of the young. Peep. Peep. Peep. That’s what haunts me most—even more...
Liturgy for Millennials? A Review of “Ever Ancient, Ever New”
A zealous, albeit flawed, examination of liturgy in contemporary churches. By Leslie Michele In his book Ever Ancient, Ever New, Winfield Bevins makes a case for the transformative power of the ancient rituals engaged...
Dangerous Inequality: The Huge, Escalating Gap Between the Rich and the Rest
By Ron Sider The distribution of income and wealth is more unequal today than at any time since 1928—just before the Great Depression. The richest 1% of Americans own more wealth than the bottom...
We Need Our Immigrant Sisters and Brothers: A Review of “The God Who Sees”
By Matthew Soerens In 2006, as the U.S. Senate debated a comprehensive immigration reform bill and immigrants went to the streets in massive marches, it was difficult to find a book with a distinctly...
Why July 4th Celebrations Trouble Me
Pro-American jargon simply doesn’t represent what should be the humble attitude of Jesus followers. By Benjamin Corey As I logged onto Facebook on July 4th, I saw the predictable and obligatory independence posts clogging...
Invitation to Live: A Review of “Safehold”
By Adriel Rose There’s something about poetry that is particularly grounding for me. Poetry stops time in unusual ways, quieting my chaotic mind enough to take in every word. The pictures painted in each...
