Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), is part of a Presbyterian delegation to Haiti to meet with local mission co-workers, partner sites and official global church partners. We'll share some of his posts here at Faith Forward in the week ahead. Here's his report from Day 1. Read more
Calling all Moms (and Dads for that matter) -- does this sound familiar?: "In the BK (before kids) era of my life, I was notoriously bad at quiet times. I lacked discipline. And, in the rare periods when I disciplined myself to have a daily quiet time, I quickly found my prayers felt inauthentic. So I dreaded to think what would happen to my already-spotty spiritual disciplines when I had kids!" Fear not. Read the rest of Kathy Tuan-MacLean's article on the unique ways God meets us in our parenting. Read more
The relationship between science and religion is one of the most exciting frontiers of knowledge today. These words mark the beginning of an exciting journey in which you are all invited to actively participate here at Patheos, and of which I offer my services as your weekly guide. Today I want to describe the itinerary of your tour. Read more
Bruce Epperly offers this post today: I am delighted that Phil Mickelson won the Masters this weekend. While the media focused on the athletic and marketing redemption of Tiger Woods, there was a deeper story going on, a story of the spirit, of persistence, and of healing. It was a story of redemption, if, by redemption, we mean healing, transformation, and grace. Read more
Next week, I will be participating in a conference, "Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture," at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. I will be presenting a paper entitled "True Blood, Real Life?: Religious Fundamentalism, Gay Rights, (Non)Violence, and the American South in True Blood." Read more
Monica Coleman, writer, scholar and activist, offers this post on “Why Resurrection Matters“ from her new blog on depression and faith. Read more
Check out Rob Bell's compelling new video on the Resurrection. Watch it and share your response... Read more
Our "scheduled" Easter has passed for this year, and perhaps it is good that we do schedule an annual reminder that God is ceaselessly working for love and life in even the bleakest situations. But, in the coming weeks, as new life buds and flowers all around you, I invite you to be open to the surprise of an unscheduled Easter yet to come. Where do you see signs of resurrection in yourself, in those you love, and in creation? Read more
More Musings from our Meandering Pilgrim, Rebecca Cole-Turner: We went to bed in the wee hours after attending the Saturday Easter Vigil at the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, so we made sure we set our alarm for Easter morning in order to get up in time to see what our landlord here in Florence promised would be a spettacolo, the Scoppio del Carro or the exploding Easter cart! Read more
In the first of his new weekly series on The Changing Church, Patheos contributor Andrew Tatsuko offers: How is the church changing today, or how ought the church to change? Read more and join this important conversation. Read more
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