by Myles Werntz | Aug 23, 2021 | Opinion
What Christians are obliged to do and why is an endlessly complicated venture because our time, energy, resources and attention are limited. With so many forms of suffering before us, our good will and love are overwhelmed, or worse, deflected. But obligation will not...
by Myles Werntz | Mar 10, 2021 | Opinion
The future of theological education is, like all forms of higher education, in a great deal of flux. When you couple 1) the dynamics of post-Christian culture, 2) low church attendance for the last year due to pandemics and 3) growing skepticism about the role of...
by Myles Werntz | Feb 16, 2021 | Opinion
The United Nations pursuit of closing the gap between the poorest and the wealthiest is a long-standing and elusive goal, always out in front and always outpacing structural efforts to achieve it. I do not think that this is reason to abandon it, but we live in an...
by Myles Werntz | Oct 20, 2020 | Opinion
Voting is the most American religious ritual. Like most things religious, we do it infrequently, but with great fervor and passion when necessary. With every presidential election, we hear it is the most monumental one in our lifetimes until the next one, which allows...
by Myles Werntz | Jun 24, 2020 | Opinion
Two intertwining gifts are emerging in a North American church scene in which every major denomination is in decline. First, there is a renewed desire for roots, to evaluate histories and to see what it was about being Baptist or Presbyterian or Methodist that...
