What should Christians think of NATO? This was the question that jumped out at me after reading Hollie Baker-Lutz’s Think Christian piece detailing her participation in the NATO protests last weekend in Chicago. Hearkening to Jesus’ “radical commitment to justice,” Baker-Lutz framed her protest activity as both an extension of…  [more]

I don’t make a habit of going to these things. As Chicago braced itself for road closures, heightened security and masses of protesters surrounding the NATO summit, I reflected on why I wanted to march in this protest, at this particular moment in time. I’m a Christian feminist who’s been…  [more]

Hani Sarhan is a Christian in Syria who says none of his relatives works with Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime or have anything to do with it. "But what we heard from (the protesters) at the beginning of this revolution saying, 'Christians to Beirut, Alawites to the coffin,' started us…  [more]

Years ago I had a family law case in my courtroom where the mother and father, never married, were arguing over who would be the better parent for their son to live with. Actually, only the mother was arguing for custody; the father hadn’t bothered to show up. I’d read…  [more]

In many ways, gender-inclusive language saved my faith. During my freshman year of college - just months after making a public profession of faith at church - I had been prepared to walk away. Not from God, really, just from church, which for too long had made me feel “less…  [more]