Finding unity in a polarized church
By the power of the Holy Spirit, our hearts are joined in one holy unity writes Ron Byars.
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Reflecting on Jesus’ last words and unspoken truths
What are we supposed to do about climate change? Reproductive rights? Gun violence? Jesus addresses none of these pressing issues in his last words to the disciples, but that doesn't mean we're left to find solutions on our own, writes Ron Byers.
Reflections at an ordination
There is no sure-fire recipe guaranteed to produce faith, Ronald Byars writes. Maybe that’s why so many testify that their faith came as a gift.
The traveling Bible study
One can have perfect vision and fail to see what really matters. Sometimes it seems as though it takes a miracle to see all the way to the heart of things. That's what we see on the road to Emmaus, writes Ronald Byars.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson Random House, 496 pages Isabel Wilkerson explains “systemic.” “Systemic” racism isn’t a blanket accusation against non-Black people. Rather, it encompasses..
Rebuilding from the foundation up
Pastors find a place in my prayers every day, both those known to me and the many who are not. Pastoral ministry..
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Crown, 272 pages When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, it must have seemed to many abolitionists that..
The Collected Sermons of David Bartlett
David Bartlett (foreword by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale) Westminster John Knox, 256 pages At a commencement ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, I introduced myself..
Won’t Jesus miss us?
While I was leading a church-sponsored trip, the father of a parishioner told me a family story. His two daughters had left..
Miracles: God’s Presence and Power in Creation
Luke Timothy Johnson WJK Press, 392 pages True story: A young pastor wrote an article for the church newsletter one Easter making..