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The Southern Baptists: Justifying Unchristian Values
The Southern Baptists recently made news by kicking out congregations with female pastors, including the California megachurch Saddleback Church and Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky.
Spare Us the Rebranding of Fascism, Love Like Jesus Told You
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 7: Editor’s Letter, “Frederick Douglass: An American in Ireland”(Part 1), and a quote by Rosa Parks.
Love Letters to the Family
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 6: Editor’s Letter, “Is God Love?,” “My Journey into Blackness,” “On Icons and Justice,” ”Respect and Love,” and “When Confronting Racism, All You Need Is Love. Well, Sort Of”
Howard, Martin, Jesus, and the Disinherited
It’s said that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. carried a copy of Howard Thurman’s seminal book Jesus and the Disinherited on his travels. Question is: are Jesus’ teachings even relevant to the Christian faith in America?
Happy New Year!
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 52: Veteran OHF Weekly writers Drew Downs and Peter Faur, and newcomer Arturo Dominguez close out the year with articles on what they’ll leave behind in 2022, take with them into 2023, and look forward to in the new year.
Is It Heresy or Insight?
It’s really difficult to claim Christianity when so much of it looks so ugly. That’s why I was delighted this year to find two books that will go a long way toward resurrecting a simple idea: God is love, and those who follow God will work to bring and expand love to the world.
Honoring Our Veterans
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 45: Celebrating the men and women of the US military; musings on the cognitive dissonance between Christ's teachings versus his followers behavior; and an invitation to write with us.
Speaking in a New Tongue
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 24: Stephen Matlock presents a path to peace and safety to all; Clay Rivers tells why “LGBTQ Christian” is not a contradiction in terms; and the OHF Weekly Editors announce a sweeping redesign.
Is God Love?
OHF WEEKLY, VOL 4 NO 18: Clay Rivers, Terra Kestrel, Michael Greiner, and Rebecca Hyman tackle love in Christianity, surviving and thriving as a Black person in white America, the benefits of restorative justice, and the origins of whiteness
Living Beyond the Edge of the Circle
Dan Hislop tells his story of the careful circles drawn as boundaries becoming walls shutting out connection—and what happens when a door opens
The LGBTQ Seat at Christ’s Table
What follows is an essay written to an overlooked segment of the LGBTQ community: LGBTQ Christians or rather LGBTQ ex-Christians.