I (Joel) had the privilege of hearing Dr. Carolyn Dirksen present this paper at the Society for Pentecostal Studies 2018 conference in March, and I was so moved by it that …
Memphis, Tennessee, April 4, 1968, 6:01pm. 50 year ago today, one of the world’s foremost leaders of civil rights and non-violence was stolen from the human community. Dr. Martin Luther …
To allow the holy spirit the freedom to transform the market place as we know it would require that we take up the hard work of learning how the United States became “America,” the deeply racist land that we call home today.
It seems appropriate to begin 2018 with this topic since “gender fluid” made Collins Dictionary’s 2017 words of the year shortlist. It’s also an important topic because it is often misunderstood: …
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve scrambled for the television remote as Sarah McLachlan’s sonorous, somber voice begins to flow out of the television. At those times, one …
It’s been my experience that Christians who support having guns in church do so by constructing a false dichotomy: Realistic, God-given human agency Foolish, blind trust …
The statistics on mass shootings in the U.S. are heartbreaking. Regardless of where you stand on gun regulations, no one wants to continue to hear stories like the one out …
The machine that is systemic oppression is running wild these days; and while we’ll be considering how it relates to women in this post, systemic oppression extends far beyond sexism. …
My daughter started cheerleading this year. For years I have avoided it, because – honestly – I just don’t like it. As a parent, I’m going to have to attend …
I have been deeply saddened by the events that have unfolded in both Charlottesville, Virginia and in my own country, Kenya this past weekend. I think the concurrence of hate’s …
