This is another trait common to God-bearers or Jesus-types--it isn't that God has preordained them to serve a special function. They have simply developed their ability and willingness to respond to the Divine Presence to a degree that enables them to be particularly...
Over 50 years ago LBJ's Kerner Commission (1968) predicted that the US was quickly “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—-separate but unequal.” The most recent statistic I’ve found is that three-quarters of white Americans “don’t have a single nonwhite...
One thing healthy religion does is challenge us. I don’t mean the strident castigations of the street preacher or even the social justice rally-er. Great traditions excel at the soft challenge, the friendly nudge, issued predominantly through the mode of story....
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion--it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
Those who proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ are humble and trust in God; they do not heap conditions upon others or promote themselves as the only "keepers of the truth"...
Jesus was never "prone to wander" or "prone to leave the God he loved." He came to earth to settle that issue once and for all. He came to set us free, that we too might be transformed from "prone to wander" to "prone to love."
The closer the people of all races get to Christ and His cross, the closer they will get to one another.
The communal life envisioned in the vine metaphor raises a strong challenge to contemporary Western models of individual autonomy and privatism. At the heart of the Johannine model is social interrelationship and corporate accountability. The vine and branches...
The all-important thing is to keep your eyes on what comes from God and to make way for it to come into being here on the earth. If you always try to be heavenly and spiritually minded, you won't understand the everyday work God has for you to do. But if you embrace...
I reject the version of Jesus who would have told the rich young ruler, “you are blessed” instead of, “give everything to the poor and follow me.” Who would have pushed women to the fringes of the narrative, instead of empowering Mary to be the first preacher of...