Among my progressive Baptist friends, we have a saying about identity: “I am a Jimmy Carter kind of Baptist.” Deeply Christian, he was unwaveringly comm[...]
"What is your responsibility to yourself as an artist, integrity, ethics––why are you compelled to make things, and then to whatever community you are in and your artwork is intended for?" These are t[...]
“Can you tell me about your theology of protest?” Rev. Ashley Harness, my minister at Lyndale United Church of Christ asked Rev. Dr. William Barber at a planning meeting for the revival of the Poor Pe[...]
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In May, the city of New Brighton approved the sale of United's campus to Global Academy. With the move approaching, President Lew Zeidner and Dean Kyle Roberts have come together to answer a few quest[...]
Sitting across from M.Div. student, Carly Gaeth, I listen as she reflects on her studies: “There is a quote that says, ‘Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of [...]
On Shavuot, an annual two day holiday which just ended this last Monday, Jews across the world study the Book of Ruth. A prominent theme of the story is chesed or loving-kindness. Ruth’s devotion to N[...]
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