A Dynamic View of Following Jesus
As teenagers at Fifty-Ninth Street church in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn who had made a commitment to following Jesus, we used to…
Jim Crow & Jesus Christ
I hope my longtime friend and colleague Terry Todd won’t mind my opening with a story. When Terry and I were filming the PBS…
Following Jesus to the Altar: One Pentecostal’s Reflection
Bearing the weight of a grief I couldn’t name, one Sunday I tarried at the altar, a classical Pentecostal phrase that involves praying mightily…
The Latter-day Saints and the Resilience of Faith
My friend Robert Millet has been talking about his faith in relation to other expressions of the Christian faith for decades now, and I…
The Complement of Sacramentalism
Many thanks to Ferris Blount for his nuanced discussion of the Black Church, and especially his reminder that the Black Church is anything but…
Hearts Strangely Warmed
I deeply appreciate Sarah Lancaster’s summary of the Wesleyan tradition and its emphasis on holiness and piety within the context of community. True, as…
The Almost Pietist
Wesleyan Methodism may have had its home in the Church of England, but it was deeply shaped by Pietism through John Wesley’s acquaintance and…
Standing against the Tides of Routinization
I open with my appreciation for Christopher Gehrz’s explanation of Pietism, and I love his conceit about a week in the life of a…
Almost Persuaded
Wes Granberg-Michaelson has presented a compelling, even winsome, case for Reformed (Calvinist) Christianity, a tradition that once shaped my theological perspective. He speaks of…
The Traditional Latin Mass & Reactionary Politics
I found Christina Wassell’s account of moving from “generic Protestantism” (my term) to the Roman Catholic Church very compelling, and I certainly understand the…