We continue our series on "what is the Gospel?" by thinking about how Jesus rescues all of creation - from the intensely personal to...

After a recent conversation, I have been thinking about my disillusionment with the white evangelical church, and why it lies so deep. I...

Part 2 of the "What is the Gospel?" series. Jesus has come to earth to show us God's love. What is God's love? And what about God's...

I am currently doing a 6-part sermon series entitled "What is the Gospel?" Many of us who identify as Christians have a unclear view of...

I am reading a book by Liz Charlotte Grant called Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible .   “Braiding...

My friend John Elwood, climate expert/activist and theologian, has a Substack account. Today's post is about Trump's executive order of...

David Brooks has been a strong conservative and moral voice in America for decades. His list of achievements and accolades is long. In...

Bruce [i] Onobrakpeya (b. 1936) is a celebrated Nigerian painter and printmaker. Onobrakpeya pioneered bronzed lino relief and metal...

In light of the – not optimistic – scenarios that lie before us, those who do not sink into despair want a Plan. What are we going to do?...

“Authoritarians are masters at manipulating the energy of fear and resentment.” (pg 243)   In the middle of the chapter called “Find Your...

“The universe is a cosmic dance of energy…Everything we humans do is about energy.” (pg 240) Energy comes from sunlight, liquids, food...

This book is called “Life After Doom”. But what does “doom” mean? Its roots lie in the medieval concept of “law” and “justice”. A...

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that...

It is a great temptation nowadays to respond to the “outrage of the day”. (Just in the last week free speech and due process rights have...

How will we as communities and individuals respond to the deconstruction or collapse of our environment and perhaps our civilization? How...

“We live in a time of stunning and contagious collective stupidity [i] . Anti-Nazi German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in Letters...

Imagine what a “safe landing” would look like in a swirling, stormy world, in which we experience “economic meltdown, climate countdown,...

“The world has been ending off and on for almost all of recorded history….” Mathematician and collapsologist B. Sidney Smith, in How to...

Those struggling with addiction are familiar with the Serenity Prayer, which is often used to close Alcoholics Anonymous meetings:   God...

“In 1973, anthropologist Ernest Becker published the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Denial of Death . The book explains how our species...