When one is driven to climb the ecclesiastical ladder it is easy to embrace a doctrinal position that removes half the competition — using the same Jesus-free method of selective extractions of scripture that justified slavery and other church-endorsed evils. Many...
We must normalize the awareness of the realities of mental illness, especially within the church. We must remove the negative stigmas surrounding therapy and counseling. One of the most common and most hurtful phrases I heard in my journey with mental illness was...
What if we take away the cool music and the cushioned chairs; what if the screens are gone and the stage is no longer decorated? What if the air conditioner is off and the comforts are removed? Would His Word still be enough for His people to come...
If your theology causes you to treat other people as less worthy of a home or love or care or safety than yourself--it isn't worth keeping. Religion at its best will always welcome the stranger, mend wounds, share blessings, remove barriers, and expand the table.
Dear ones, the world in which we live is challenging and complicated enough without intentionally adding to our burdens. There is no spiritual discipline commended to our embrace that is designed just to make us feel badly. There is no labor suggested in our tradition...
It is not loving to let a bully keep bullying. It is not loving to him or to his victims. Bullies must be stopped. Their behavior must be changed or thwarted or they must be removed from any opportunities to bully....
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.__________________________Gender-neutral version: Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is human-made and can be removed by...