Author: Jared Stacy

• The Corporate Gospel

  “It all comes down to the three ‘B’s — buildings, budgets, and butts.” This is an old saying I’ve heard more than a few times in ministry. American business in…

  

• The Danger of a Co-Opted Christ

  It was the summer of 2020. I was gathering with local pastors, for prayer and reflection. The day before, President Trump had taken his now infamous picture outside St. John’s…

  

• Christian Presence As Politics

  The winds of policy in the United States have turned in favor of abortion. Recently, President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Mexico City policy. The policy, put in…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: MLK Jr.

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a pastor, scholar, and pioneering activist. His life was given to the work of American Civil Rights and racial reconciliation in the American church.…

  

• This Is America

  Everyone has already made up their mind. Not about what happened in DC. But about what we want to believe happened in DC. That matters. Profoundly. The reality we live…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: George MacLeod

  George MacLeod (1895-1991) was a 20th century Scottish pastor, and restorer/founder of the Iona Community in Scotland. He fought in World War I, and was converted to Christ after the…

  

• Bonhoeffer’s Frontline Christmas

  I’ve been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters And Papers From Prison. He was a German pastor & member of the German Resistance against the Nazi Party during World War II. Bonhoeffer…

  

• Why We Need The Bells on Christmas Day

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sat at his desk, alone. The year was 1863. Christmas Day. The American Civil War raging. In the last few years, he was twice a widower. His…

  

• Jesus, Marx, and Systemic Sin

  Can sin be systemic? The Christian Scriptures teach that sin is both a human condition & concrete action. Sin as a condition refers to the posture of the human spirit…

  

• Against Christian Nationalism

  Christian Nationalism is a form of theological syncretism, a blending of religion & politics. It hijacks Christian Scripture, symbolism, and imagery to promote American glory & good as ultimate. In…