Believing that worship can be fun and playful doesn’t take the seriousness away from church. I believe that the more serious we take church, the more we can be playful with church.
“Put simply but starkly, several former faculty and staff sexually abused children in their care in a variety of ways, from clear boundary violations to repeated sexual relationships to rape.” The tolerance by those who knew and the lack of awareness by most of the faculty and leadership “is all equally troubling.”
For a student of Niebuhr, justice is about using power to balance the power of those not predisposed to recognize any limits on their self-interest.
Over the past 10 years, the above-target return of 8.3 per cent compares with 8.1 per cent over a comparable period at the Yale Endowment, the most admired fund in the sector. – The Financial Times
UPDATE: During the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which began on Saturday, May 20th and will run until the 26th, a report will be presented on discrimination within the church against LGBTQI+ people.
It’s an important part of my routine each morning, as I prepare for the day to come, to select a cross to wear. And, yet, I’m pretty sure that when Jesus invites me to take up my cross daily, this isn’t quite what he means.
In this episode, Luci and Jordan follow David goes into exile
Usually, those evangelizing compassion do not write about politics, and sometimes they veer into passivity. We need to confront an unjust, ecocidal system. …We must not shy away from those confrontations. I see the question as staying engaged instead of enraged.
Making a pot is not really that different to making a life. We need to match the right glaze with the body on which it rests, flows, gathers, pools and shimmers in Go(o)d Light.