Guest Post by Pete Kelley After years of joking with my Baptist friends about ‘giving up Lent for Lent’ and ‘fasting from fasting’, I now find myself a firm believer in the observance of the season of Lent. About 10 years ago I decided to give Lent a try and I haven’t looked back since. […]
I was recently interviewed about The Grand Paradox by Jonathan Merritt for a Religion News Service post on Faith and Culture. Jonathan is a columnist and the author of several books including his latest, Jesus Is Better Than You Imagined. You can read more by Jonathan on his blog and follow him on Twitter @JonathanMerritt.
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Nick Wolterstorff on Justice, Art, Love and all things Human Flourishing I am often asked who has had the greatest theological influence on me. As far as my Theology of Justice, it’s pretty easy. No modern thinker has had a greater impact on the foundations of my thinking in justice, shalom and the beauty of
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Guest Post by Jon Huckins The violence of our world seems to be spiraling out of control. Every news outlet is filled with the latest tragedy and for many, the violence has struck closer to home than they ever imagined. Sadly, much of the violence is being done in the name of religion. Religion —
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Stephan Bauman is president and CEO of World Relief, a leading international relief and development organization. He is also a poet, ordained minister, and strategist who considers his African friends his most important teachers. Stephan and his wife, Belinda, live near Washington, D.C. with their sons, Joshua and Caleb. His new book, Possible: A Blueprint for Changing How We Change
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Guest Post by Andrea Lucado I sat in a church I’d never been to on Sunday. It was different from the churches I typically attend for a few reasons. It was much smaller. It didn’t start on time. It was a different denomination. And the big one, the demographic, as far as social class and
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Leroy and I were recently on a trip to Washington DC and discussed the early church and the faith community at Antioch for a blog post he was working on. When his post came out, I thought it would be fun to post it here as well! ———————————————- Guest Post by Leroy Barber As I
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Photo Credit: Justin Tung, Creative Commons Guest Post by Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Two weeks ago, I spent the day with a dozen other men—nine black, three white—discussing racism, black men, and the Church. Appreciative as I was for the invitation by Leroy Barber and Kilns College, I was a bit hesitant. Privileged by society because
Reggie Williams is an Assistant Professor of Christianity at McCormick Theological Seminary, in Chicago, Illinois. His research consists of the analysis of the intermingling of race and religion from the modern colonial period to the Harlem Renaissance. Particularly, Christology within the Harlem Renaissance literary movement yields evidence of a prophetic Christianity that can guide peaceful
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Thanks to former Antioch Intern, Sam Palencia, for some pretty cool hand-drawn memes for #TheGrandParadox. Sam is an art student at Cal Baptist and she is pretty much the bomb. If you’d like to see the set of 5, or other memes and media resources for the book, visit the media resources post here.
