by Timothy J. Bonner | Oct 21, 2021 | Opinion
My family is really not all that messed up. Yet, although he is a red-blooded, white American male, my brother-in-law says he’s not a Christian anymore. Now, he only refers to himself as “a follower of Jesus.” Why? He doesn’t want to be associated with the stereotype...
by Timothy J. Bonner | Aug 9, 2021 | Opinion
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 24th birthday a few weeks ago. We can celebrate with her because she proved that, with an entrepreneurial spirit, we can bring about disruptive innovations that empower people to create compassionate change – even in a resistant world...
by Timothy J. Bonner | Jan 5, 2021 | Opinion
A growing number of congregations across the U.S. have been engaging in conversation about conducting same-sex marriages since the 2015 Supreme Court decision. Yesterday, I summarized the process that four Protestant churches went through in deciding whether their...
by Timothy J. Bonner | Jan 4, 2021 | Opinion
The 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-gender marriages presented a challenge to Christian churches; they now must choose whether they are conducted in local church buildings and by their clergy. Adaptive leadership is necessary as the emotional...
by Timothy J. Bonner | Dec 28, 2020 | Opinion
Fear grips our souls at times. Yet, we most often keep this shaking-in-my-boots emotional state below the surface. Not that everything on the surface is calm in the U.S. right now. There is much rancor among us around every election season, and it’s more intense this...
