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Diana Butler Bass 5/28/20 Diana Butler Bass 5/28/20

Pentecost, Prejudice, and Pandemic

Pentecost burns away our baseless assumptions in a fire from heaven. Pentecost is no party this year.

Jim Keat 5/20/20 Jim Keat 5/20/20

Real Ministry in a Digital World

Feeling thrown into the deep end of church online? You are not alone.

Angela Denker 5/19/20 Angela Denker 5/19/20

Coronavirus in America: Politics and Survival

In 2020 America, what does your mask say about you and how you live?

Bishop Michael Curry 5/14/20 Bishop Michael Curry 5/14/20

If You Have Lost Track of What Day It Is, You Are Not Alone

Bishop Michael Curry looks to psalms for comfort and guidance.

Paul Raushenbush 5/12/20 Paul Raushenbush 5/12/20

The Virus and My Apocalyptic Son

A father asks Elaine Pagels about our coronavirus world described through his young son’s “Once upon a time” lens.

Rev. Mihee Kim-Kort 5/11/20 Rev. Mihee Kim-Kort 5/11/20

Church? An answer with inspiration from Rachel Held Evans

What is something that keeps you in the church/Church in this day and age?

Dr. Ulysses Burley III 5/5/20 Dr. Ulysses Burley III 5/5/20

The Road to Re-open

What factors should pastors consider on the road to re-opening their church buildings?

Diana Butler Bass 5/1/20 Diana Butler Bass 5/1/20

On Hoarding Eucharist in a Hungry World

Can Christians celebrate the Eucharist—the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion —through technology? Is the sacrament valid if it happens virtually?

Dr. Deanna A. Thompson 4/30/20 Dr. Deanna A. Thompson 4/30/20

Virtual Communion and Body of Christ: A Conversation with Dr. Deanna A. Thompson

What does it mean to be the virtual body of Christ in a pandemic?

Luke A. Powery 4/27/20 Luke A. Powery 4/27/20

Life on the Other Side of Easter in 2020

How do we press on in faith when Eastertide still feels like Holy Week?

Justo González 4/25/20 Justo González 4/25/20

A Poem for the Season of Easter

Jesus is still crowned with every crown that we may fear – even with this corona that presses on the world’s brows. Inspired by the hymn “Crown Him with Many Crowns”, Justo González reflects on this “zoomed” Easter season.

Brian McLaren 4/24/20 Brian McLaren 4/24/20

Rethink: A Conversation with Brian McLaren (part 1)

How do we use this time of COVID-19 to find a new expression of what the movement of Jesus Christ really was supposed to be about?

Rozella Haydée White 4/22/20 Rozella Haydée White 4/22/20

A Time for Faithful Resilience

How does building resilience during times of hardship nurture faith?

Meta Herrick Carlson 4/15/20 Meta Herrick Carlson 4/15/20

The Sunday After Easter: A Blessing for Thomas

How are we connected to the disciple Thomas this Easter season during COVID-19?
(John 20:19-31)

Kate Bowler 4/9/20 Kate Bowler 4/9/20

Not a Pastel Easter: A Conversation with Kate Bowler

What aspects of the Gospel story we hear year after year might we see in a new light this Easter?