Brian D. McLaren

3 weeks ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Peter W. Marty |Brian D. McLaren |David Dault

The Texas Senate has approved a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms in public schools. This follows hard on the heels of a similar bill in Louisiana that is presently tied up in the judicial system. These initiatives seem likely to race each other to the US Supreme Court. It is understandable, in some ways, that many Christian policymakers want this text from the Hebrew Bible displayed in the spaces where their children are educated.

3 weeks ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Peter W. Marty |Brian D. McLaren |David Dault

I’ve lived a majority of my life in the American South, and to me, our food is sacred: ribbons of wilted leafy greens specked with onion, fresh-picked field peas singing of summer sun, and peaches that drip sweet abundance down our chins. I can imagine my ancestors–some of whom were enslaved people–enjoyed these southern staples too, especially during times of celebration.

3 weeks ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Peter W. Marty |Brian D. McLaren |Liz Charlotte Grant

Audrey’s Children, a feature-length biopic about Audrey Evans, a pioneering British American pediatric oncologist and a devout Episcopalian who co-founded Ronald McDonald House Charities with members of the Philadelphia Eagles and McDonald’s, will have a limited theatrical release beginning March 28.

4 weeks ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Peter W. Marty |Brian D. McLaren |Liz Charlotte Grant

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences. To see all of the responses together as they are posted, bookmark this page. Telling us about people following GodThe Bible is a witness and guide to communities of people who believe they have heard from God and thus have a unique relationship with God.

1 month ago | christiancentury.org | Mac Loftin |Liz Charlotte Grant |Peter W. Marty |Brian D. McLaren

The plan we were pondering—as students at Ripon College in central Wisconsin, 60 years ago this month—seemed crazy at first. But it was the 1960s, and we were young and brimming with the idealism of the age. So we set out confidently to make our nascent plan a reality. Almost a thousand miles away, in Selma, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to Montgomery, the state capital. It was a just cause, and we were eager to join in.