Why Racism Is America’s True Original Sin
The truth is restorative justice will require that our nation repay its outstanding debt to its black citizens.
How Genesis Really Transcends Liberalism and Fundamentalism
Genesis 1 is meant to teach the deeper theological truth that the world was created and who created it.
Why You Need to Sing Loudly in Church
Five reasons you have no choice but to sing in church on Sunday.
Does Christianity Need to Change Its Sexual Ethics?
Churches that thrived a century ago were those that offered something more than the echo of the times.
5 Reasons Women Need Deeper Friendships
We have to stop substituting the joy of real friendship with cheap imitations.
Why Millennials Should Take Religion More Seriously
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- Sally Quinn
- Lisa Miller
- Brian D. McLaren
- Jon Meacham
- Ben Irwin
Five Race Issues Everyone Needs to Acknowledge
How ignoring some basic facts exacerbates our country’s race problem.
Building a Church That Isn’t “A Middle Finger to Everybody from the Neighborhood”
Jordan Rice’s goal for his newly launched Renaissance Church is to love Harlem without changing it.
Three Ways Your Church Can Embrace the Lessons of Ferguson
As Ferguson leaves the national limelight, here are three ways you can make sure your community does not miss its most crucial lessons.
Do White Christians Care Enough About Racial Justice to Make it an American Reality?
Successful movements for women’s ordination and gay ministers have swept through Protestant churches, but the movement toward racial reconciliation is mixed, at best.
The Crucified God in Ferguson
What I’ve learned from living in the most diverse neighborhood in all of America.
Are Millennials Really Leaving the Church? Yes — but Mostly White Millennials
All the hand-wringing stories about young adults leaving religion overlooks the vibrancy and growth of multiethnic churches.
5 Reasons Religious Millennials Aren’t Marrying
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Or a groom. Or, okay, even a bridesmaid. Why are we waiting to tie the knot?
5 Churchy Phrases That Are Scaring Off Millennials
The statistics are in: millennials are leaving the church. And nobody seems quite sure what to do about it.
The New Religious Fundamentalists? Christian Millennials.
Christian Millennials need to get over themselves.
(Don’t) Come As You Are
We must stop telling LGBT youth they’re inherently unworthy of intimate relationship.
10 Things Churches Could Learn from Starbucks
Jesus challenged us to be “wise as serpents” yet “innocent as doves.” Can we also be “wise as mermaids”?
