Over the past several decades, theologians have turned to new methodologies to better understand how cultural situations shape lived faith and, in particular, the church. While these new methodologies have their origins in the social sciences, their adoption by theologians has both complicated and constructed new theological thinking for contemporary ecclesiology. This essay traces the […]
Amy Laura Hall is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University. She has written a number of books including the soon to be classic, Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and The Spirit of Reproduction. She also raises holy hell like nobody’s business. For this reason, it’s time for “Five Questions” with Amy Laura Hall. 1) […]
In this interview, Sister Marilyn Lacey of Mercy Beyond Borders discusses her new memoir, *This Flowing Toward Me*, her fear of spiders, her work with refugees, and the surprising movement of God’s grace.
After two decades of living under an overpass, drug abuse, and self-loathing, a man’s life is transformed through Restoration Ministries, a Christian residential recovery program in Illinois.
In this essay, Jim Jewell exhorts us to see the beauty around us and then announces the creation of Flourish, a new nonprofit that works to integrate environmental stewardship with other church ministries.
This essay explores the relationships between poetry, contemplation, and love in Thomas Merton’s writing and proposes potential applications of this theopoetic style of contemplation to our daily lives and methods of pastoral care.
Enjoying and fostering beauty is an integral part of our role as stewards of God’s good creation; the author discusses his vision for Renewal, a grassroots college organization that attempts to foster this stewardship.
TOJ (Sean): On your website, it states, “XXXChurch exists to bring awareness, openness, accountability, and recovery to the church, society, and individuals, in the issues of pornography, and to begin to provide solutions through non-judgmental and creative means.” What are these “non-judgmental and creative means?” And in what ways have you seen this mission statement […]