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Innovation as Faithful Witness
Why is the Church with a capital C across Catholic and Protestant reluctant to innovate? Does it resemble destabilization or a betrayal of something powerful, perceived as divine truth? Throughout history, the Church has regarded “change” as disquieting and even… Continue reading
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A Lament With, For and Through Creation
What do you do with all the grief? How do you hold your community’s grief, the world’s grief, your own body’s grief? Womanist theologian Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney explains: « In the ancient Near East there was a profession that was… Continue reading
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#ChurchToo Comes to the Anglican Communion
Such was the manner in which most cases of clerical misconduct, as well as cases of sexual abuse in secular settings, were handled during this era. This dynamic became particularly evident in cases involving adult women where they were shamed… Continue reading
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Considering the Birds in a World Filled with Economic Anxiety
Many young people in China have turned to their “inner bird” to escape hustle culture. According to the New York Times,1 some young people in China are pretending to be birds to deal with work and academic pressure, among other… Continue reading
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WIT Announces New Regular Contributors
At WIT we are happy to announce that we have six new regular contributors joining the blog! Continue reading
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Reading the Bible Down Under, ISBL Adelaide 2026
I was recently at the International Society for Biblical Literature (ISBL) conference in Uppsala, Sweden and I heard some one proclaim, “I would be happy to travel anywhere in the world except Australia. Becuase they have spiders and snakes and… Continue reading
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On the CRC and Religious Estrangement
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar focused on interfaith teaching. At one point, the facilitator emphasized the importance of both change agents, those who seek to innovate or transform, and tradition agents, those who preserve and transmit… Continue reading
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What Do You Do With A Dead Body?
What does Jesus’ dead body, hanging on Calvary’s cross mean for social justice in our world? Continue reading
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“Everything Old is New Again”: Andor’s Mon Mothma and the Dangers of Tradition
Warning: This blog post contains spoilers for Season 1 and Season 2 of Andor (Disney+). I’m not much of a Star Wars fan, but I have absolutely devoured the Star Wars show Andor, which recently released its second (and final)… Continue reading
