Jesus is Risen… But He’s Not Here
Easter is the season when Christians make our biggest claim: that death has been defeated, that Jesus is alive, that the way things are is not the way things have to be. There is a new creation. We...
View ArticleShould This Family Be Illegal?
A decade ago, when we moved to Walltown and were getting to know our neighbors, my friend Andy Marin moved to Boystown in Chicago. Like me, Andy is an evangelical Christian. In the churches where he...
View ArticleCelebrating Jim Douglass’ Witness
One of the things that I love most about hosting this blog is the chance to invite testimonies from witnesses who have heard and seen what God is up to in The Everyday Awakening that’s happening all...
View ArticleThe Gift and Interruption of Reconciliation
I am teaching this week at the Duke Center for Reconciliation’s Summer Institute, a gathering I’ve delighted to be a part of since it began four years ago. We began the morning today with an intro to...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Rutba
Hardly anyone ever visits Rutba House without asking, “So what does Rutba mean?” Once someone confessed they thought it must be an obscure Old Testament character they’d forgotten. But I always say,...
View ArticleAn Immeasurable Response to Gun Violence
Between the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the domestic terrorist attack at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and the shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington, DC, it’s been a terrible...
View ArticleO Christ, It’s You Again?
Benedictines tell a joke that gets at the central tension of Christian hospitality. “Our Rule tells us that we must greet every guest as if the guest were Christ,” a monk said to me once with a wry...
View ArticleGetting Clear On Who I Work For
Back in the winter, I got a call one morning from a friend who works on the streets in Durham, connecting with homeless folks and exploring ways they might become part of church communities here in...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty: Join the Real Rebels
I’m just back from a week of Freedom Riding with some of today’s most inspiring young people and some of the 1960′s most courageous leaders. Back home in tobacco country for a family wedding this...
View ArticleWe Can Change the Story
Back in the early 70s, Jesus was big on Broadway. Jesus Christ Superstar andGodspell were both controversial and engaging tellings of the Jesus story that grabbed America’s attention. Suddenly everyone...
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