Connected Christianity

By Erin Walker
Since November I’ve been chasing time. Days have blurred into weeks that barreled into and through the Christmas season. I can’t even count how many times in the last six months I’ve said, “Wasn’t it just fall?!” The cycle of my life and work has been no different from any other year, but […]

By Nathan Taylor
Earlier this year, national leaders of the Delta Zeta sorority ignited controversy by asking 23 sisters to vacate a local chapter housed at DePauw University. Twelve sisters were allowed to stay, though 6 of those women eventually left in disgust over the way national officers treated their local sisters. What made Delta Zeta’s […]

By Beverly CroweTipton
Spiritual reflection is not a discipline most of us practice. We’re too busy. We live forward, without looking back. We’re so concerned with what’s next; we rarely consider how we might have encountered God today. How will we ever know that, as Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote, “Earth’s crammed with heaven and every common […]

Some time back, I was surfing the Internet when I came across the tragic story of Nikki Catsouras, who died in a car accident on Halloween. In addition to the grief of losing a daughter and sister, her family has had to deal with a horrifying reality–graphic accident-scene photos of Nikki, who suffered massive head […]

David Heddle of He Lives has encountered a, um, rather narrow confession of faith on a particular church’s website. It leaves me wondering whether anybody is good enough to share fellowship with these folks!
I’m all for doctrinal standards, but I don’t quite hear Jesus in this litany of all that is wrong with the world.

By Bert Montgomery
“Why can’t preachers keep their hands off their parishioners?!!” Mike Yaconelli, the late, great pastor for people who don’t like church, asks this question of William Willimon, the great, not yet late bishop for people who do like church.
Willimon is about to go out onto a big stage and speak to a large […]

Be sure to check out Christian Reconciliation Carnival #2. (And there is a lot to check out!) Dr. Platypus is hosting this time around. The special topic for this month is racial reconciliation.