Lent 2024 – Surprising Hope
Transcript of Jarrod McKenna’s Lent reflection on Isaiah 42:1-4 for Common Grace’s 2024 Lent Series
Bible Verse - Isaiah 42:1-4
Here is my servant...
“How Ableism Fuels Racism” an Excerpt
On September 12, 2001, I had an encounter with police that could have ended far worse than it did. The tension was high that day. Terrorists had attac...
Expanding Our Scope: Land as a Means for Repair through Equitable Development
Excerpt by Coté Soerens from Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition (Eerdmans Publishing, January 2024), Mark Elsdon...
Christianity and Human Rights: Back to Basics
In this piece I reflect on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and conflicting notions of Christian Theology that have ...
In Between A Rock Is A Hard Place
I love the Psalms because the conversations shared are raw, uncensored, uplifting, and reassuring. They model the brutal honesty we can boldly and saf...
A High Churchman Feels the Spirit Moving
There was to be no clapping in church. No clapping during music. No clapping when a child was baptized. No clapping when an award was presented or whe...
Appraisal and Critique of Deconstruction Movement
Personal Appraisal
Shared Values
Base skepticism, critical questioning, cultural criticism, and having the courage to speak truth to power ...
Deconstructing Deconstruction: Why Is Deconstruction So Popular?
Why are so many people my age deconstructing Christian belief and practice?
The Main Reasons for Faith Deconstruction
Idealism and Perfection...
Deconstructing Deconstruction: What Is Deconstruction?
The animated Disney film Wreck-It Ralph draws an interesting contrast between two leading characters: Felix and Ralph. In the arcade game Fix-it Felix...
A Response for Palestine and Israel
Knowing how to respond to the current crises in Gaza and Israel is a challenging task. As a Christian, my call is to overcome evil not with evil, but ...