After the Revolution: What Comes Next?

After the Revolution: What Comes Next?

My colleague Caleb Lines recently said it clearly: we need a Progressive Christian revolution. And he’s right. But revolutions can’t just be fiery words from a pulpit or slogans on bumper stickers. They only matter if people join. They only work if folks stay curious...
My Journey Through the Third Way of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

My Journey Through the Third Way of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

In my formative college years, out from under the roof of the loving and protective home in which I grew up, I began to understand that the world was not as clear-cut as right or wrong, black or white. Between the extremes lay a gray area where my understanding of and...
My Faith Compels Me: An Appeal for Love

My Faith Compels Me: An Appeal for Love

There was a time in my faith journey when I believed truth meant certainty grounded by “correct” belief and practice. Based on this lofty notion, I also felt my mission was to bring everyone I encountered to the place where my faith and practice resided.   If anyone...
A Million Little Things, With Love

A Million Little Things, With Love

It’s not quite six in the morning, but the metro is already humming. The heat prompts me to dig through my oversized handbag for a folding fan. It probably uses more energy than it saves, but the breeze on my face is worth it. I fan myself a few times before the train...
A Light Has Dawned

A Light Has Dawned

Isaiah 9:2 reads, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” The ninth chapter of the book of Isaiah tells the story of the Israelites, who were held captive by the Assyrian empire. It was...