David Gushee: Christians, Conflict and Change
When ministers pray at political conventions: A reader quiz
By David P. Gushee — July 27, 2016
What do you think is really going on with all these ministers praying at these political conventions?
My instant analysis of Donald Trump’s acceptance speech
By David P. Gushee — July 21, 2016
A Christian ethicist offers his take on the most important speech of Mr. Trump's life.
Ten reasons Facebook died for me last Friday
By David P. Gushee — July 13, 2016
Write me a letter by longhand. Commission a carrier pigeon.
How do we pray for our wounded, divided nation?
By David P. Gushee — July 11, 2016
(RNS) The more concrete is our prayer, the more political it seems, and the more likely it is to offend.
Why Alton Sterling and Philando Castile might reject a beloved biblical passage
By David P. Gushee — July 7, 2016
(RNS) When government authorities terrorize the innocent, we must resist them with every fiber of our being.
What Elie Wiesel meant to me
By David P. Gushee — July 5, 2016
A personal tribute to the leading voice of Holocaust remembrance in the United States.
Seven hard truths about America this July 4th weekend
By David P. Gushee — June 30, 2016
We are bruised from failed foreign wars, and six other hard truths about America this July 4th.
The ‘Very Good Gospel’ of Shalom
By David P. Gushee — June 28, 2016
Contrasting a personal salvation Christian Gospel with a morally richer shalom Gospel.
What exactly is the Christian story?
By David P. Gushee — June 20, 2016
Is the grand old Christian story still believable? Can it be told in different ways?
When forbidden sexuality meets unchanging religious tradition
By David P. Gushee — June 14, 2016
(RNS) I want you. God says I can't want you. So I must kill you. Was this what happened in Orlando?
On the worst shooting rampage in modern America
By David P. Gushee — June 12, 2016
On the first Islamist terror attack that was also a hate crime against LGBT people.
A retreat into silence amid our culture’s ugly noise
By David P. Gushee — May 16, 2016
Vulgarity, meanness, conflict. Lather, rinse, repeat. Unless we choose silence.
The Methodists gather to argue about gay people again
By David P. Gushee — May 12, 2016
It's a titanic clash, tragic, unresolvable, filled with conflict and pain.
Help Wanted: President of the United States
By David P. Gushee — May 9, 2016
If interested, please make your candidacy known at the earliest possible moment.
Trump victory marks major defeat for Christian Right agenda
By David P. Gushee — May 4, 2016
GOIP primary voters chose a man whose agenda and style are the antithesis of the Christian Right.