Mainline Christianity’s role in politics is shifting — can we be a prophetic voice of compassion and critique rather than a court prophet to power, asks Chris Currie?
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We, like the disciples in John 20, are called to leave the security of locked doors and closed minds, to leave the safety of status so we the Holy Spirit can send us into the world God loves, writes Chris Currie.
What theological rationale do you believe there is for reading books? Chris Currie, Bridgett Green and Lori Raible discuss.
To what extent are our ethics, our life in the public square and our personal lives shaped by our theological convictions? Chris Currie, Erin Kesterson Bowers and David Fergusson discuss.
Chris Currie offers a prayer that names the complex legacy of our church.
Justo González William B. Eerdmans, 204 pages Published March 8, 2022 Long ago, Augustine was converted to Christian faith when a still,..
In the circles I travel, there is a prayer by John Henry Newman that has a certain cult following among us. Perhaps..
Who is God, really? Who are we, honestly? And what does God have to do with us? I realize our attention should..
It is a privilege to work from home. Healthcare workers, grocery store clerks, those still able to work in food service, police..
Everything is the same. I walked outside and pollen covered my car, birds were chirping and I noticed all the yardwork that..
How did it happen that I became so dependent on church hymns to function, to flourish, to live the Christian life, to..
Ronald P. Byars Cascade Books, 146 pages Reviewed by Chris Currie The point of church and worship together is not to remain..
Cynthia L. Rigby Abingdon Press, 408 pages There is no one teaching theology and preparing students for ministry better than Cynthia Rigby..
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her..
I wouldn’t call it pride or arrogance, but I certainly have a strong belief that I am doing good. Our church has..
Eugene Peterson was not a personal friend, but he was my companion. And he continues to be. Sadly, I never had the..
Donald K. McKim Cascade Books, 108 pages For better or worse, part of the experience of Christianity in America has “assumed” church...
Following a sports team is an avocation filled with irrational exuberance and irrational gloom. It offers us no logical explanation about why..
“You are not going to pass that test by osmosis!” I have rarely used the term “osmosis” in its proper scientific form,..
Directly across Jordan Street (the address for the church I serve) sits the Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the Presbyterian churches I have..
I had the opportunity to go to the “field day” of one of my children recently. I remember some of my own..
Several years ago, half quixotically and half courageously, I temporarily left full-time ministry to pursue a Ph.D. in systematic theology. Like many..
This summer our family vacation was also a family road trip. We spent time in the western United States culminating with a..
I will admit that I have been somewhat disengaged from the 2016 political process – partly for reasons of disillusionment and my..
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