From a couple years ago and evidently, still relevant: "I used to argue with others who didn’t believe women could preach and pastor. So much energy wasted. Nowadays, I just train and provide opportunities for women to preach in our congregation. And when they do,...
If you want more aging white liberals, talk about diversity. If you want more diverse people, talk about Jesus, and see what sorts of diverse people he draws to himself.
Not everything that was done in the Bible has a universal, timeless, or useful application. What is a timeless principle is that both men and women should be taking their lead from Jesus. We should be emulating his character, and displaying and using the fruit and...
THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORD 'NONVIOLENCE' is that people think they know what nonviolence is apart from Christ. Then nonviolence becomes a marker more determinative than Jesus – it conceives peace apart from the crucifixion. But in reality, discipleship is the defining...
Right now, there are people literally considering leaving their homes to gather with others for worship, wondering: -If I go, can I stand or sit in that area of the sanctuary where we sat together for 18 years before his passing without sobbing so loud I'll distract...
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
I've never heard anyone complain that Christians act too much like Jesus. Even the hardest, angriest, most anti-God atheist will complain that the problem with Christians is that we don't act enough like Jesus.
It is easier to preach and to write about prayer than it is to pray. It is easier to talk about Jesus than to talk to Him. from The Table of Inwardness
Jesus lived by moral commands which he believed came from God and yet he never lost sight of the big picture--the reign of God, the deliverance of the oppressed, the priorities of justice, mercy, and love.
Our false selves counsel us to hide our true selves behind our performance, our caring for others, our intellectualism, our social savvy, our finances, our articulate presentations, our religiosity, or our skepticism. But our true selves long to see and be seen, to...