Tag: Christianity

• 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…

  

• How Advent Begins

  For most of us, the season of Advent begins with decorations and music. We can settle for the tree, for the tradition, and miss the season. We should embrace Advent…

  

• Life As The Crucified

  In America and much of the post-Christian West, the cross has lost its meaning. Jesus’ first century audience knew the cross had just one meaning, death. Yet the cross was…

  

• The Debate Showed Us Ourselves

  We weren’t watching a debate last night, we were watching ourselves. The debate last night was a mirror. Take a good long look. This moment is showing us who we…

  

• We The American Church: When Faith and Politics Collide

  American Christians are divided on multiple fronts, none more apparent than politics. We need to navigate this moment in a way that honors the Name we claim to represent. To…

  

• Escaping Consumer Christianity

  We live in a culture defined by consuming. Today companies spend billions of dollars to learn and exploit our spending habits. We’d be foolish to think a consumer culture hasn’t…

  

• The Danger Of Hurry

  Ever binge Netflix and still feel exhausted as the credits roll? The promise of rest turns into a paradox. Free time doesn’t mean good rest. In our hyperconnected-yet-socially-distant world we…

  

• Revolutionary Jesus

  2020. What a year. We’re not even finished yet. Maybe you, like me, have found yourself using words like “unprecedented” or “it’s never been like this” to describe your life…

  

• Staying Awake

  “So then, let us not sleep as others do, but let us keep awake and sober.” I Thessalonians 5:6 Our family had tickets to Disney World the day it closed…

  

• Juneteenth and White Christians

  Asking myself, what would I be doing in 1863? How can White Christians celebrate a day like Juneteenth? We should listen, learn, lament & celebrate in solidarity with the African American…