July 18, 2022 Christian Board of Publication/Chalice Press offers its deepest sympathies to the friends and family of the Rev. Dr. James Suggs, who died July 6, 2022, at the age of 89. Suggs served as President and Publisher 1989-1997...
Please enjoy this excerpt from Dear Son: Raising Faithful, Just, and Compassionate Men (letters from Jonathan B. Hall and Beau T. Underwood to their young sons) My joy at first seeing you is hard to express in words. In an instant, my...
by Rev. Sheila M. Beckford and Rev. E. Michelle Ledder, Ph.D. Honoring our history is a tricky thing. At times, our insistence to celebrate the good outweighs the necessity of revealing anything that contradicts an inspirational or heart-warming narrative. Especially...
When the proposal for Parenting for a Better World arrived last year, it immediately captured our imagination. Combining two topics, social justice and parenting, that Chalice has been addressing for years, Dr. Ellen Ott Marshall and Rev. Dr. Susanna...
By Rev. Jamie Lynn Haskins I’m Christian. I’m clergy. I’m pro-choice. There are people who would tell you these three statements are contradictory, that you can’t be both Christian and support a woman’s right to choose, that religious leaders cannot stand with...
Nearly 20 percent of high school students seriously considered attempting suicide last year. Almost 10 percent acted on those thoughts and attempted suicide. These statistics, reported in April by the Center for Disease Control, became part of the life experience of Rev. Dr....
Everybody—everybody—needs to know God loves them, as they were created, no exceptions. Tragic can’t begin to describe the tremendous discrimination and hatred shown toward the LGBTQ+ community by people who honestly believe Jesus taught his followers to behave in such...
