One of my most significant callings as a father is to make sure my children understand the real value of the internet. So naturally we watch a lot of funny cat videos on YouTube. On one such occasion, my eight-year-old chuckled at some absurd cat behavior, turned...
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At a recent gathering for faith leaders, the host greeted participants with a familiar opening. “We know we are living in challenging times.” The room nodded. Of course we are. Which prompts a thought: On what day, from today forward, will we ever say that these...
Ministry Collaborative program staff (Beth Daniel, Mark Ramsey, Jennifer Watley Maxell, and Adam Borneman) discuss confrontation and comfort, the importance of context, and how the gospel helps us get under our assumptions. Read the original blog post and poem here. Episode Transcript....
Among the many pastoral responsibilities that clergy and congregational church leaders juggle, our prophetic responsibility to defend the faith and tell the truth about what’s happening in our world is one of the most complex, least discussed, and arguably most urgent, given the social and...
There is a moment early in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire when Blanche DuBois, fragile and frightened, asks that a bare lightbulb be covered with a paper lantern. It is one of the theater's most economical images: a person so worn down by the...
Program Director Adam Borneman continues his conversation with Matt Adair (Transformational Discipleship, United Church Atlanta), Marcuetta Sims (Cumberland Counseling Centers) and Marcus Robinson about expansive diversity, proximity and friction, and how the church can be a powerful witness in a divided world....
There seems to be a burgeoning cottage industry of posters that feature Albert Einstein saying something inspirational. Alas, life can rarely be reduced to a poster, no matter what it says or who supposedly said it. And, in the matter of Einstein, it turns out...
“Have you dined with us before?” This has become the pro forma opener for most servers in American restaurants. Anything less than a firm “yes” will unfurl a litany of explanations, anecdotes, and carefully rehearsed stories about everything from the chef’s family history to, literally,...