Esau McCaulley

2 weeks ago | holypost.com | Esau McCaulley

This weekend features the only Sunday of the liturgical calendar that focuses on an idea rather than an event. Most of the church year follows the life of Christ. We celebrate his birth on Christmas, his death and resurrection during holy week, and his ascension into heaven 40 days later. Pentecost recalls the descent of the Holy Spirit, while Epiphany remembers the coming of the magi to visit the child Christ. Trinity Sunday is different.

2 months ago | straitstimes.com | Esau McCaulley

NEW YORK – Early in the first episode of the four-part Netflix series Adolescence, a father and son sit in a room at a police station because the son has been accused of murder. Jamie (English actor Owen Cooper), who is 13, has been surrounded by officers, lawyers and medical workers he barely understands. Alone with his father, he weeps.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Esau McCaulley

My relationship with my teenage son is different and, I think, quite warm. Still, I know that struggle. As my eldest son exited early childhood, his shoulders broadening to match mine and his voice shifting a register, I wondered what to do with this emerging adult that now inhabited my house. As someone who grew up without a dad around, I lacked a healthy model to imitate. I didn't know how to tear down that wall of silence and mystery that creeps up between parents and their teens.

Mar 23, 2025 | nytimes.com | Esau McCaulley

For this Lent, the Rev. Jamal Bryant, the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, didn't urge the 10,000 members of his congregation to give up chocolate or coffee. Instead, he called for a 40-day "fast" from shopping at Target because of its decision to pull back on its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion. Other influential African American congregations across the country followed suit, and now over 150,000 people have signed up to participate.

Jan 21, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Esau McCaulley

Many themes run through the Christian Bible: grace, forgiveness, concern for the suffering, love for neighbors, the pursuit of holiness. One theme that stands out clearly is the inscrutability and transcendence of God.