From reactive to proactive. Where does your church land on this scale? When it comes to controversial matters like abortion, euthanasia, ...

I'm sure my mother told me this in my childhood too, as the saying is definitely sunk deep into my brain. However, a reading of some ...

“Hospitality means the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy.” Henri Nouwen ...

Acts 10 - 11 give the account of Peter's vision. In the dream, he, a Jew, is instructed to eat all kinds of creatures. He declines to...

Are we ready to invite others? Jay Bakker writes: Imagine for a minute how differently the prodigal son story would have played out if the...

The Nov/Dec 2012 issue of Evangelicals for Social Action's Prism magazine is on the overall topic of "Beyond Labels: Finding our id...

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush writes in LGBT Rights -- Getting on the Right Side of History : A vivid religious example is the United Met...

"Here's the funny thing about history: sometimes you can't tell you're on the wrong side of it, especially when it's b...

What does it mean when a church says "everyone is welcome?" Or if an event brochure says that "Anyone and everyone... ...

I would like to confess my prejudices which are known to me: 1. The other day I heard the mental health hotline joke, which someone read ...

In February 2012, Relevant Magazine posted an article called What Diversity Should Look Like by Matt Chandler. In discussing how difference...

In honour of National Coming Out Day, I offer the following: The Jesus I know, the Jesus I see in the Bible, identifies with the least ...

Why do we not protest outside of seafood establishments? Why do we not excommunicate parishioners who dare to bring a shrimp ring to a ch...