As I write this in January 2020, tensions between the United States and Iran are escalating rapidly, and millions are praying America can avoid a new chapter in the unending war in the Middle East. America’s military has been fighting...
It's been a stellar year! In 2019, Chalice Press, the leading progressive Christian social justice publisher, released a dozen new titles to empower racial justice, outlandish discipleship, radical hope in dark times, transformative leadership, progressive parenting, spirituality in the national...
Your pastor probably needs a sabbatical. The fact is, your congregation probably needs a sabbatical, too.Community events, performances and games of the church’s children, preparing weekly worship services, heart-to-hearts about difficult subjects – there’s no way on earth that fits...
Anxious about seeing family over the holidays? Arianne Lehn (Ash & Starlight: Prayers for the Chaos & Grace of Daily Life) offers this prayer to help ground you during holiday gatherings. Steadying God, Settle my stressed-out soul, my ruminating mind, my churning...
Grief Guru, expert, and author J. Dana Trent (Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life) shares tips for how to cope with grief and depression this holiday season.After my mother died in 2017, loved ones told me that the hardest part...
PUBLISHED: by Brad Lyons “Ugh,” said my minister friend of the apostle Paul, “he is awful. Such a misogynist, such a homophobe, such a racist. I can’t even read his stuff. Paul was a jerk.”[1] It’s hard to argue with...
PUBLISHED: by Deborah Arca "There is no standard route in grief. As the wisest grievers I know have told me, 'There is nowhere you can be but in it.'" -- J. Dana Trent Whether you're in the midst of...
PUBLISHED: by Brad Lyons Social media – well, maybe not your social media, but certainly my social media – has seen a lot of chatter this week about recent statements by a male leader in the Southern Baptist Convention questioning the denomination’s...
As a single dad to three awesome kids running a small nonprofit publishing house who could use a little balance in my life, prayer often slips through the cracks. I try hard to find time to center my mind each...
