Here’s the thing: pastoral leadership is all about saying what needs to be said. Of course, diplomacy and compassion must surround any conversation, but being a pastor in a congregation means interpreting faith with clarity and truth. Most of us who have led faith communities know of at least a handful of times when we did not feel the freedom to speak, and this is more true today than at any other time in memory.
Join me and Rev. Stephanie Kendell, Executive Minister and COO at Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City, for a conversation that took place at the annual meeting of Associated Church Press, the Religion Communicators Congress, and the Canadian Ch…
While U.S. churches expend tremendous energy in today’s culture wars—the role of women, rights of LGBTQ persons, the place of immigrants, the primacy of health care—the churches’ own real estate may be eating them alive.
My guest today is Rick Reinhard, …
The rise of conspiracy theories such as QAnon is alarming, but people of faith who have learned from history will recognize commonalities between QAnon and other apocalyptic movements across the centuries.
Church historian Bill Leonard joins me for this…
Last week, eight persons were murdered by a gunman motivated by racism, misogyny, and a toxic brand of faith and purity culture. Even worse, it is reported that over 4000 incidents of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans have been reporte…
Tuesday’s series mass murder of six Asian American women is both heinous and indicative of a larger systemic problem. We mourn each of these women’s senseless deaths and stand with their families in their grief but not in disbelief. Compounding this anti-Asian hate crime is the blatant misogyny and anti-woman violence that women of color…
The word “liminal” comes from the Latin root limin or threshold. For me, the etymology of this word takes away some of its scariness. I cross thresholds all day every day when I move from the inside of my home to the outside and back. I don’t hang out on the threshold, it is a place of crossing, a place of transition.
Rev. Neal Christie is one of the United Methodist Church’s most talented thinkers and facilitators. His generous, kind spirit comes across in everything he does, including when that work involves difficult conversations. Today I talk with Neal about th…
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