Paul’s example of interfaith dialogue
From our friend Nicholas Price at Relevant Magazine Online: “The reality is that, when it comes to interactions with people of other faith traditions, evangelicals have been standoffish at best and, at...
View ArticleThe Selfishness of Salvation
This is a rant mostly relevant to my fellow Christians. Anyone else is welcome to come along for the ride though. Recently, I saw a young man loudly shouting to the captive audience during the rush...
View ArticleInterfaith Dialogue and Youth Ministry
Photo by Rachael K. McNeal Growing up an Evangelical Christian I understood evangelism as a spiritual practice central and essential to my Christian identity. My experience with people of different...
View ArticleWhat My Southern Baptist Past Says About My Episcopal Present
I’ll confess: If I listed my relationship with Evangelicalism on my Facebook page, it would probably read “It’s Complicated.” I grew up a Southern Baptist just outside Nashville, TN—the de facto...
View ArticleEats Well with Others
What does eating have to do with evangelism? If you grew up going to church, then you likely grew up attending church potlucks (or pitch-ins, or covered dishes—or, whatever they were called in your...
View ArticleA different kind of conversation
You may be familiar with a narrative in which Christians don’t play nice with other people. Evangelicals in particular can be an aggressive bunch, always seeking the last word or the loudest voice, and...
View ArticleWhen doing the Christian thing isn’t the right thing
I used to be a Bible study leader. And per the undergraduate campus fellowship tradition, it kept me busy: Sunday brunch community building, Monday night small groups, Tuesday leadership meetings, and...
View ArticleAdvent, Apocalypse, and Interfaith Cooperation?
As a seminary student, I have spent a lot of time in the classroom learning about the Bible. But this past Sunday I just preached for the first time at the main service of my Episcopal church in New...
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