All of us are called to be in ministry. Each of our calls will look different. No one person will have the same call as their mentor colleagues.
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Having a meal with someone is form of the practice of sharing. You do not have to talk about politics.
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Dr. Johanna tells you what 'face' means and why you need to know it to speak Christian better.
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Christianity is declining in the United States and one reason is that many outside the church view us as hypocrites. Let's not be hypocrites in this situation. Progressives have an opportunity to take a step forward
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The C&GJ interview from Theology Beer Camp with Adam Clark and Christian Piatt.
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We are not freed from asking questions or wrestling with our faith, but our faith and the faith of the early Church strengthens us as we ask the tough questions. We are invited to ask questions like “who is my neighbor,” “will I go to Hell,” or “how can I love my enemy.” The questions posed and wrestled with by the early Church serve as guideposts for us today, and with the ongoing presence of God we can continue to do the work of God, even if we have not figured it all out yet.
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Dr. Johanna tells us why Eunuchs are important and why you need to know about them to be a better Christian.
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Our conversation with Mike McCurry, the White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration.
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What we miss in avoiding the tension between Thessalonians and Revelation is that while it may be hard in this life we have the confidence of knowing what happens at the end of the book: God wins. We win. Christ’s holiness wins over “failure and disappointment,” “separation and abandonment.”
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This week on (Her)Men*You*Tics we tackle Epiclesis.
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On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Fleming Rutledge joined Crackers & Grape Juice to talk about ongoing relevance of Protestantism’s primary message of grace and God’s agency.
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Loaded up in the CRV, Taylor and I headed to the Conference office to interview Bishop Sharma D. Lewis. We covered a range of topics: her first year as a bishop, pastors not working in the office, and Jason's book.
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This week on (Her)Men*You*Tics, disciple. We use the word every Sunday. Jesus calls His followers to make disciples of all nations, but before we can go and make shouldn't we know what we are making?
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We keep the lights on because we are returning ourselves to the One whose eikon was stamped onto our lives when we were formed in our mother’s womb and through the new life we receive when we die to ourselves in the waters of baptism. We keep the lights on because we have not mixed up God and Caesar.
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In churches we sing the 'doxology' weekly but do really know what we are singing?
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How does God respond to our prayers? Why should we sing the good old hymns? Are we worshipping our country more than the living God? T
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Jesus is pretty clear about children in the Kingdom of God. This is one of the subjects within Jesus' teaching where it is hard to twist the meaning of His words
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On "grass" churches, reading the bible, wedding invitations, and consuming our golden calves with Rev. Taylor Mertins.
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Ellen Blue argues that Hurricane Katrina gave the church an opportunity to remake itself after the devastating storm ravaged the Gulf Coast. While recovery is still ongoing in the Gulf, Blue notes that new multiracial ministries have been birthed in the aftermath
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Catechism is a word used in churches annually with little thought to the meaning or practice. What does catechism really mean and in understanding the word can we do it better?
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