Why We Are Divided
Editor’s note: On Fridays in February, we’ll be featuring articles selected by our guest curator, Andre Henry. Andre writes: Black History Month is a good time for us to take stock of the racial history of...
Tagged: listening
Listen First
By Jon Carlson This is the sixth and final 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...
Called to Join the Fray: A Review of “Raise Your Voice”
By 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...
On Listening
Love listens. It is its first task to listen. All things and all people, so to speak, call on us with small or loud voices. They want us to listen, they want us to...
Listening to the “Disreputables”
By John Backman We all cherish the picture of Jesus eating with the “disreputables”—the tax collectors and prostitutes and other sinners. But what do we do when the offensive offend us? Our first night...
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...
Do You Have “Someone To Tell It To”?
by Joshua Carson How many of us feel safe enough to share what is really going on in our lives—even in—perhaps especially in—the church? Michael Gingerich and Tom Kaden are the founders of Someone...
Let Us Listen
by Micky ScottBey Jones Today, Spotify’s Black History Salute playlist is a #PROTESTIMONY treasure trove. Listen here. Shirley Chisolm, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer, and W.E.B. Dubois are individuals you may have heard...
Be Still and Listen: A New Thought for Evangelism
by John Backman Francis Schaeffer said that if he had an hour alone with a stranger, he would spend the first 50 minutes asking questions—especially about the stranger’s beliefs—and pointing out the inconsistencies. Then,...
Two Faces of Evangelical Christianity
by Rabbi Joshua Stanton An evangelical pastor saved my life. But not in the way you are probably thinking. While a sophomore at Amherst College, I was trying to find my way. Without a...
