The piece below originally appeared here on Ministry Matters in August of 2015. In the wake of the last few weeks, I decided to read it again and see how both the wider narrative… read more

Mark Lockard and Shane Raynor discuss faith, works, the Epistle of James and Jesus Darkly by Rafael Rodriguez. read more

Since 2016’s election of a populist American president and the British people voting the same year to leave the European union, some have been asking a variation of the… read more

Fifty-four years ago today, four black girls were killed when Ku Klux Klansmen bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Say their names with me: Addie Mae… read more

Mark and Ben discuss the new, live-action Beauty and the Beast, talk religious persecution in The West Wing, and revisit U2's The Joshua Tree for its 30th… read more

Paul Tillich wrote that our "ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.” What better place to look for … read more