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Alissa Wilkinson: Faith in the movies
Movies are important, and the church is called to care about them and take them seriously, says the film critic for Vox and formerly Christianity Today.
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Ellen Ott Marshall: What is "responsible hope"?
Hope is not a can-do attitude. Nor is it something with which God infuses us. Rather, it is a sense of possibility that can be fostered through practices of attentiveness.
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Edgar Moore: Transforming yesterday's tools of war into museum relics
The activism of Parkland students brings to mind the Old Testament prophetic tradition in which God makes an end run around centers of privilege and power in order to proclaim the word, writes a retired UMC elder.
Worship at Convergence takes many forms, including this Bible study and collage-making event.
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Art and faith converge at a hybrid church/community arts center
Art shapes faith and faith shapes art at Convergence, a combination church and arts center that makes space for the creative exploration that artists crave -- and the church needs.
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Sandhya Rani Jha: Learn how to make a difference in your neighborhood and the world
Ordinary people can effect extraordinary change, but sometimes they need encouragement and information about how to get started, says the pastor, activist and author of the book “Transforming Communities.”
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John Pavlovitz: Bringing people to the table with honest talk about tough topics
A hugely popular Christian author talks about why he feels moved to break open the conversation in church circles by writing about progressive politics and social issues in his blog Stuff That Needs To Be Said.
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Jane Webb Childress: Jesus still hangs out with sinners -- and poets, too
Her college poetry teacher was the last person she ever expected to have an encounter with the risen Christ, a writer says. But a book of his poems published 20 years after his death suggests otherwise.
Episode 7: Daniel Black on why black history is white history
In this episode of “Can These Bones,” co-host Bill Lamar has a wide-ranging conversation with author and professor Daniel Black about his novel “The Coming,” which is set during the middle passage; his commitment to the black church; and why “music does for the heart what reading does for the head.”
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Victoria Atkinson White: We need each other
In today’s world, we tend to choose friendships with like-minded people rather than investing in a broad community of “familiar but not intimate” relationships. That narrowing of casual relationships is killing our communities and driving us away from God’s work in the world, writes the managing director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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Jessica Brown: Does beauty matter for moral stances?
Beauty isn’t just ornamentation or sentimentality; it provides the life-giving force of warm, appealing graciousness, says a writer.