by Molly Shoulta Tucker | Apr 16, 2026 | Opinion
The day after my brother, Jeremy, was put in hospice care, I started to write a list of things that are stupid. My life and career are built on preaching poetic and theologically astute descriptions of God, leading a staff to enact justice and goodness in all we do,...
by Elizabeth Troyer | Apr 6, 2026 | Opinion
When I read the Gospels, I do not meet a Jesus who is obsessed with keeping people out. I meet a Jesus who keeps making room. He makes room for the sick, the ashamed, the poor, the outsider, the woman with a reputation, the tax collector everyone hates, and the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 1, 2026 | Opinion
Progressive Euroamerican churches claim to seek to build Martin Luther King’s “Beloved Community.” The question for them becomes how to attract people of color to their congregation. Unfortunately, the hope of diversification is more about political correctness than...
by Kristin Kirkland | Mar 27, 2026 | Opinion
I never imagined I would have beef with a monkey from the Tokyo zoo. My problem isn’t with poor Panchi-kun (Punch). The Japanese macaque captured the hearts of social media in late February as he and his stuffed IKEA toy inspired reaction videos, funny parodies and...
by Bailey Thompson | Mar 27, 2026 | Opinion
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound) that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. At a worship event for disability ministry leaders, the worship leader introduced our next song, “Amazing Grace.” As he began speaking,...
