Toxic church – and a promise of real belonging
Long ago and still today, God promises his traumatized, grieving, scattered people: I will be a sanctuary to you. I will protect you. I will gather you back.
This “good Christian girl” is a woman now
I was a “good Christian girl” until well into middle age. Then, God led me where I did not want to go, to show me what I desperately needed to see.
The truth will set you free
Since childhood, I’ve treasured Jesus’ words, “the truth will set you free.” Now I see this diamond in its setting. I hear the urgency in his cry to us all.
Journey to a divided heart
In the beginning, a divided heart may look very much like an undivided one. Two paths before you appear to run side-by-side. It seems you don’t have to choose.
Four questions – about Trump, Evangelicals, self-deception and the Civil War
A true story from the past it seems important to tell. Four questions about the present it seems important to ask.
The Civil War, the South and the church
Abuse had begun to open my eyes to evils in my church culture. Then, God took me on a pilgrimage into the past, to show me what is happening now.
God chooses the foolish
Mark Charles is a prophetic voice to the US church culture. He describes himself this way: “I do not lead any organization nor do I work solely for a specific…
“My family never owned slaves”
Much as we may try to do so, we cannot buy ourselves “a pass from American history,” nor from the racist fallout still occurring today.