Crossing the Road: Jesus on Race
Racial reconciliation and the parable of the Good Samaritan are both centered on rightly defining who owns what.
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Back to the Alter: Revisiting Evangelicalism’s Problem with Race
A review of Paul Louis Metzger’s CONSUMING JESUS: BEYOND RACE AND CLASS DIVISIONS IN A CONSUMER CHURCH.
Finding God on the St. Lucie
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.
Of Icons, the Renaissance, and the Mysterious Disorientation of Disability: An Art Exhibit and Interview with Tim Lowly
In this art exhibit and interview, Tim Lowly invites us to challenging stories by painting his daughter Temma as an icon of sorts, pointing us outside our selves and our comfort zones, toward God and the other.
Earth’s Lament: Suffering, Hope, and Wisdom
This essay proposes a philosophy that is committed to truth and passionate for comprehensive wisdom, one that expresses suffering out of hope for God’s future.
Blood on Our Hands: An Interview with Sister Helen Prejean
n this interview, Sister Helen Prejean of ‘Dead Man Walking’ fame tells about her fight to overturn the death penalty and save innocent men and women on death row.
Defining our Words: Worship and Justice
Exploration of a definition for worship and justice.
Stories of Restoration: An Interview with Tracy Howe
In this interview, musician and artist Tracy Howe shares her experience of music, community, hope, and restoration.
Why Every Christian Should ‘Quite Rightly Pass for an Atheist’
In this essay, Jon Stanley looks at the Christian life as transcending the categories of atheism and theism.