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Biblical Interpretation and Leaning into the Mystery of God, Part 2

Biblical Interpretation and Leaning into the Mystery of God, Part 1

On Idols and Doubts: Can Deconstruction Build a Stronger Faith?

Made for a Place Called Good

Sabbath Politics for a Weary World

An Advent Reflection: Our Scapegoats Revealed

Nothing Wasted: Evil and the Providence of God

Recovering Authority in a Contested Age

In Search of White Partners: What BIPOC Need

The Power and Peace of the Trinity for Our Troubled Times

Why Ecclesiology Matters in the Age of COVID-19

Free-ish: the Here-but-Not-Yet Reality of Racial Justice

“Pastor, Can’t We Just Preach The Gospel?”

“Neither White Nor Black”?: Paul’s Case Against Being Colorblind

Why Clarifying “the Gospel” Matters—Now More Than Ever

The Malady of a Second-Rate Salvation

The Dance of Deference: Thoughts on Unity

Why Asking the Wrong Question Leads to a Deficient Gospel

Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces

Seeing Jesus with Clarity

Have We Made Bible Study Too Simple?

Moving Deeper Into Our Theological Camps: A Warning

We are Not Overcome! Calling the Church to Her True Vocation

What We Must Learn from The Global South When it Comes to a Theology of Work

Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power

Power Dynamics Are Not Enough: A Reflection on Christ the Crucified and Our Confusion of Categories

Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work

5 Timely Conversations You Don’t Want to Miss at Awakenings

Jesus Died So God Wouldn’t Be Angry With Us Anymore…and Other Misunderstandings about the Cross

Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors

14 Dynamic Leaders of Color and Women You Should Know About

A Brief Theology of Walls

Top 20 Articles of 2018 from Missio Alliance

15 Books from 2018 that Will Get You to #ReadWomen

Believing Our Carols at Christmas: Embracing Our Brother, the Slave
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Advent: the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge [Book Review]

Christ the King Sunday: What Does It Mean that Jesus is King?

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

4 Practices for Navigating Those Conflicting Bible Stories

The Good News About Our Longings: Sexuality and Spirituality
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The Trinity, the Image of God, and How Women Have Been Left Out of the Picture [An Interview with Deb Gregory]

Why Theology Must Take on Flesh and Bone and Breathe into Everyday Life

How To Disagree About Theology Without Kicking Each Other Out of the Church

Dear Millennials and Nones, Meet the Rest of the Family

Pretending Power Dynamics Don’t Exist Can Be Just as Dangerous As Abusing Power

Did Jesus Really Usher in the Kingdom of God?

What We’ve Failed to See About Being Created in God’s Image

Shall We Go Be Among The Oppressed? James Cone’s, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” (Part 2)

Shall We Go Be Among The Oppressed? Reflections on James Cone’s, “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” (Part 1)

Christian Nationalism is Anti-Gospel

3 Forgotten Reasons Jesus Died

Whose Job Is It to Care for the Poor?

Saving Our Sexuality, Part 2: On Dealing with Abuse in the Church

How the Cross Overcomes Love of Power with the Power of Love: An Interview with Derek Vreeland

Church Leaders, Take This Advice from One Single Person

Dennis Edwards on Letting the Marginalized Lead Us: An Interview by Shane Blackshear

Essential Reads 2017: Seven New Books by Our Missio Alliance Authors

The Tasty and Unexpected Place Where God Forms Community
