Testosterone-Injected Theology Disables Democracy and Harms the Christian Witness
Hyper-masculinity continues to gain cultural momentum. The post Testosterone-Injected Theology…
Hyper-masculinity continues to gain cultural momentum. The post Testosterone-Injected Theology…
The increase in Canada’s interest in Christian Nationalism can be directly linked to two main events…
Employees already suing U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins over religious…
As the empirical evidence for the threat white Christian nationalism presents to pluralistic…
A July 21 emergency ruling by a federal court saved thousands of lawfully present immigrants from…
A coalition of Texas religious groups is demanding major reforms to how U.S. Immigration and Customs…
A common criticism I get here at BNG and that some of my progressive clergy friends get in their…
There are nearly 20,000 small towns across the United States, home to roughly 46 million people. I…
AI Appreciation Day is coming. Churches will get their share of attention. Much of it will follow a…
It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our…
Jewish groups are criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a blistering attack on Israeli…
If you’ve been around my work at all, you know very well that the relationship between education and…
Recent news reports allege the explosive outbreak of cyclospora-induced diarrhea in 34 states can be…
Every couple of years, interest spikes in the “religious left,” a nebulous, hard-to-pin-down…
Everyone wants Vilnius as their own. The post In Užupis, Everyone Has the Right to Idle and to Be…
Those who initially developed community organizing focused on what it means to be radical and on…
Imagine a place where people actually talk with one another rather than boring into electronic…
We can’t do it all, but for our own well-being, we will be better if we do something. The post…
Jesus’s story is the greatest story of all. Why shouldn’t we find other ways to equip ourselves to…
With every act of violence and war, even those some might deem necessary evils, our world becomes…
By Cody Sanders Many faith communities are now quite attentive to the ecological emergency…
The future of believing is for imaginaries. Faith traditions bound by contextless tradition and…
Writing isn’t merely an intellectual or creative exercise. It is also a spiritual and transformative…
by Cameron Trimble “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a…
by Samuel Davidson “Food is God’s love made delicious.” I. If we take seriously this axiom of Norman…
by Avery Davis Lamb In 2023, I gave a talk to a group of churches in Black Mountain, North Carolina.…
by Timothy Eberhart Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17: In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the…
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim Climate change is no longer a distant threat or something we can brush off as…
by Cody J. Sanders, guest co-editor The only two responses to the ecological and climatological…
Two Book Reviews: Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious by Ross Douthat (Grand Rapids:…
by Jacob Alan Cook Among those who study and work with conflict, a hopeful and constructive edge has…
by Starlette Thomas Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the…
As the country marks 250 years, we are not looking backward at a finished thing. We are looking…
Announcement: We have cancelled the October 2026 Retreat. We look forward to rescheduling for 2027.…
Juneteenth is not just a day of remembrance; it is a day of accountability. The post Freedom Isn’t…
Our American story is a special one. As we approach our 250th anniversary, we must not cede our…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Katherine Raley Alexander (she/her) as our guest.…
Today, I testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Andy Kinsey (he/his) as our guest. Andy shares how the…
This summer is full of options for you to make the most of your time at the Writing Table! Join us…
Editor’s note: This week we welcome Rev. Betsy Turner (she/her) as our guest. Betsy shares how the…
The “Let Her Go” Approach As a parent with an almost-three-year-old daughter, Ella, I am no stranger…
Some years ago, I learned a practice for attending to what matters from two friends in a virtual…
Best of practice in 2025 This morning, on the fifth day of Christmas, we want to share some of our…
The Writing Table Gallery is a celebration of more than five years of nurturing community, building…
Advent Blessings for Worship Leaders Stewarding the mysteries of Advent and bringing them to the…
Black Women’s Stories with Dr. Charisse Gillett This week in a final conversation in our series with…
Writing a Memoir with Dr. Charisse Gillett Today we are talking once more with Dr. Charisse Gillett,…
Holding Hope with Dr. Charisse Gillett We are in that time of year when school, church, and family…
This week we begin a series of conversations with Dr. Charisse Gillett, president of Lexington…