Please note: It will be very helpful to read the two articles on Colors Of Faith for context before reading the articles written later.  Thank you. Enjoy!

Sexual Abuse and Religious Shame

A recent article in the Minnesota Star Tribune described unchecked sexual abuse that has happened within a particular protestant denomination, in different states across the country, that has spanned generations. Sexual abuse is always tragic, but the way it was...

In Search of Sunday

I recently finished a beautiful book by Rachel Held Evans called Searching for Sunday. She uses Sunday as a metaphor for Christianity, the Christian church, and the Kingdom of God that Jesus talked about. Rachel described her own experiences of inheriting an...

Growing in Relationship with the Divine

I have thought about and written about the awesome reality that the God of all creation has called us into relationship, which means God desires and chooses to be present with us, in all our joys, grief, victories and defeats. Our job is to awaken to this reality and...

The Easter Story of Love

The story of Easter is sacred and beautiful to Christians around the world and is the core of Christianity. It is a story of love. It is an ultimate expression of love and value in which God exclaims that we are worth dying for.  It is a story that has the power...

Moral Elevation and Outrageous Love

I recently heard the term moral elevation on a radio podcast. In doing follow-up research I learned that this is a simple, yet important psychological concept, which is in essence that warm, uplifting feeling you get when you see someone do something good, something...