Sight-Seeing: The radical inclusion of Jesus
NILS VON KALM looks at how what he once thought was exclusive about Jesus is actually inclusive…
Essay: This Lent, take up some practices that counter the worst of our politics
MICHAEL WEAR, president of the Center for Christianity and Public Life in the US and author of ‘The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life’, says Lent is a good time to be thinking about resisting what the US election season is “demanding we become”…
Resurrection
I simply don’t get people who want to accept Jesus’ teachings as wonderful, but think belief in Jesus’ resurrection is woeful. Follow Him but don’t worship Him? PICTURE: artplus/iStockphoto. “Would you take investment advice from someone who went bankrupt?” Why would you take life advice from someone whose life was an abject failure? It doesn’t make sense. If Jesus’ […]
Sight-Seeing: We need more Howard Thurman in our politics
The theologian and often-overlooked civil rights hero would have warned us against politics as a zero-sum game writes academic and author DAVID B GOWLER, in an article first published on Religion News Service…
This Life: How would you describe true love?
US columnist CAROL ROUND looks at what the Bible says about what love really means…
Too pretty? Easter poster depicting a handsome, fresh-faced Jesus prompts criticism in Spain
Madrid, Spain AP A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media, with some calling it an affront to the figure of Christ and others posting lewd remarks and memes poking fun at the image. The poster by […]
Sight-Seeing: Beware the mountaintop experience
NILS VON KALM says living the Christian life is not about chasing an experience…
Open Book: Jonah is a prophet for today
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza…
Sight-Seeing: How to bridge the yawning divide between us
NILS VON KALM reflects on Jesus’ call for unity – even those you strongly disagree with… Melbourne, Australia “I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and […]
Sight-Seeing: In a world darkened by war, Christmas provides hope where there seems to be none
NILS VON KALM says the period of Advent forces us to “live in reality, with all its messiness and uncertain promises”…