Creating in Chaos
By Jessica LaGrone - 2020 was a mess. It was a global health mess, an economic mess, a political mess. It messed up our events, our holidays, our plans, and our lives. Some lives were certainly more devastated than others, whether by illness or grief or financial...
The Zacchaeus Surprise
By Scott Sauls - To the surprise of many, Jesus gave special, affirmational attention to the man Zacchaeus, who is identified in scripture as a chief tax collector (Luke 19:1-10). Because of his role as tax collector for the Roman treasury, Zacchaeus would have been...
Archive: Confessions of a Grieving Seminary Professor
Archive: Confessions of a Grieving Seminary Professor By Thomas C. Oden January/February 1994 Lay persons are increasingly demanding the right to know why their parish pastors are so often going astray like lost sheep — with political indiscretions, sexual escapades,...
Archive: Encountering the Goddess at Church
Archive: Encountering the Goddess at Church By Thomas C. Oden Recently I went to the regular Thursday Holy Communion service at the theological school where I teach. A highly visible feminist leader led the service. She is an ordained United Methodist minister who has...
Archive: The Splendor of Truth and the Case against Moral Relativism
Archive: The Splendor of Truth and the Case against Moral Relativism by Richard John Neuhaus Pope John Paul II has issued his 10th encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth). The tabloids blazoned that the pope is clamping down on sexual ethics. And yes,...
Archive: The Problem of Grunt and Groan Spirituality
Archive: The Problem of Grunt and Groan Spirituality By Robert G. Tuttle Jr. Just before I walked into the pulpit of a large midwestern church, I was introduced to a distinguished looking gentleman who was described as the most spiritual man in the church. Quite...
Archive: Here Comes Jesus
Archive: Here Comes Jesus Mission & Evangelism in South India By Carroll Ferguson Hunt It is Sunday morning in Madras. Sixteen ceiling fans stir the heavy coastal air as people choose their places on the wooden benches that fill the sanctuary of the Tamil...
Archive: The Joy of Serving Others
Archive: The Joy of Serving Others By Boyce A. Bowdon About 2:30 in the morning on December 14, 1989, a car driven by Dale Bowser veered off the road, knocked down a gas meter, hit a tree, crashed into a cement culvert, and finally came to rest in a ditch....
