FAITHLINK
Since 2007 I’ve been one of a team of writers for FaithLink, a weekly curriculum resource from the United Methodist Publishing House (Cokesbury) which connects faith with the issues and events making headlines everyday. Over the last 11 years I’ve written approximately 70 issues of FaithLink. Recent topics have included freedom of the press, environmental policy, the practice of peace, the Charlottesville counter-protest, public education, and the on-demand culture.
Essays on Ministry Matters
The essays from some of my issues of FaithLink have been posted by Ministry Matters™, which offers practical and immediate inspiration for clergy and church leaders. With thousands of original articles and blogs, unique book reviews, and weekly worship and preaching resources, ministrymatters.com provides both community and inspiration to church leaders.
Preparing for the Coronavirus Outbreak, March 10, 2020
Exclusion and Embrace December 18, 2019
The Carters and Habitat for Humanity November 13, 2019
The Amazon Fires: What Can We Do? September 25, 2019
The Church and Central American Migration May 14, 2019
Talking Ethically about Virginia March 5, 2019
Democracy in Peril? January 22, 2019
Climate Change and Love of Neighbor January 15, 2019
Christmas Music and the Incarnation December 19, 2018
Asylum July 17, 2018
Is On-demand Culture Changing Us? June 12, 2018
Easter and April Fools April 1, 2018
Religious Satire February 18, 2018
Practicing Peace December 19, 2017
Music and Justice July 27, 2017
Urban Farming May 4, 2017
The First Amendment March 28, 2017
“Nones” and Belief January 13, 2017
A Passion for Justice December 19, 2016
Prophets, Politics, and Palm Sunday May 14, 2016
Respecting Other Religions January 15, 2016
The Overuse of Antibiotics January 13th, 2016
America’s Affordable Housing Crisis January 4, 2016
Caring for Our Common Home December 15th, 2015
Sexual Assault on Campus April 20, 2015
Faith Informing Food Choices: Meat, Poultry, and Eggs January 7, 2015
Forgiveness and Faith December 23, 2014
Radical Life Extension May 12, 2014
Material Possessions and Christians December 17, 2013
Ministry and Art June 11, 2013
Extreme Weather and Climate Change March 25, 2013
Understanding Mormonism April 7, 2012
Poverty in America May 24, 2012
Poverty and Peace April 27, 2011
Change in the Middle East April 15, 2011
ARTICLES
“Kidlinks,” Nonprofit Performance Magazine, 4:4 (Winter 2018)
“Teaching Justice Through Children’s Music,” Faith in Action, General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, June 27, 2017.
“How Dad Nurtured a Garden and the Future,” Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2002.
“Making More Real the Church Universal: Francis Pickens Miller,” Co-writer Richard B. Faris, Journal of Presbyterian History, 82:1 (Spring 2004), pp. 23-34.
“Intersections,” Column in Virginia Advocate.
REVIEWS
“What Exactly Is an Evangelical? A Feature Review of Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be,” edited by Mark Noll, David Bebbington, and George Marsden, Englewood Review of Books, April 17, 2020.
“Exactly as You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers by Shea Tuttle,” Englewood Review of Books, March 12, 2020.
“Somethin’ Special by Noel Paul Stookey” [music review], Englewood Review of Books, Dec. 18, 2018.
“Evolving Humanity and Biblical Wisdom by Marie Noonan Sabin.” Englewood Review of Books, July 25, 2018.
“Still Singing Out Love: At Home: The Maine Tour by Noel Paul Stookey,” Sojourners, April 2016.
“Celtic Christian Communities: Live the Tradition,” by Ian Bradley. Worship, 75 no 6 Nov 2001, p 566-567.
“Guarding the Spirit: The Active Life by Parker J. Palmer,” Co-writer Richard B. Faris, Sojourners, January 1992.
Additional reviews in UM Reporter.
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