Let Your Happiness Be Haunted
It’s Thursday and I am four hours from home at my daughter, Shauna’s, house. I sit at my computer with my four-month-old grandson, Henry, on
December 10, 2016
Topic: Social Justice
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Simply Doing Justice
The doctrine of the fall of humanity is easy to verify — all we have to do is pay attention to the news. Injustice is
December 10, 2016
Freedom and Good News for ALL
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim
December 10, 2016
Servant Development
“Cambia, todo cambia!” the group sang, “Change, all will change!” I was sitting in a large circle at the daily meeting of the staff of
December 10, 2016
Women Transforming Communities
My work on the African continent over the past fourteen years has afforded me the privilege to walk with many women from over forty African
December 10, 2016
Are You Responsible for Empowering Women?
We all have a “thing”—a certain issue, cause, or topic that taps into our passion and causes us to climb up on our soapboxes. One
April 27, 2016
Justifying Injustice with the Bible: Apartheid
Today, virtually all evangelicals including complementarians believe that the Bible in no way approves of or endorses slavery. It is an evil and Christians should
April 20, 2016
Justifying Injustice with the Bible: Slavery
Complementarians are absolutely convinced that what they teach on the man-woman relationship is what the Bible teaches. To reject their teaching is to reject the
April 13, 2016
Speaking of Justice: 10 Terms Christian Gender Justice Advocates Should Know
Micah 6:8 contains three seemingly simple commands: do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. Justice-doing is meant to be a central tenet of
February 5, 2016
Decommissioning Broken Bowls
At a recent Wednesday night church service, a group of us wandered away from the topic of the night to discuss the old baptismal font
January 24, 2016