Category: Current Events

In the summer of 2016 an armed gunman in Dallas ambushed a group of officers, in an attack that left 5 officers dead and another 9 wounded. After

At the time I am writing this some states are beginning to loosen restrictions on social distancing in an attempt to begin re-starting the economy. Others are suggesting

In Scripture we find numerous places where people use weapons for self-defense. Jesus even commissions his followers to purchase swords for that very purpose. In the historical context

This post is quite delayed today, mostly because I have run out of words to say about things like this. I am tired of crafting special pastoral prayers

The Christian tradition truly has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music. It doesn’t even seem possible some days when you look at the breadth and

Today, I want to add my voice to those in tribute to Rachel Held Evans, the popular Christian blogger and author who died this weekend following severe complications

What do a bunch of church musicians do for fun one night after a conference? Huddle together in a dorm commons room and watch the Paul Festa documentary

This weekend, the Vatican hosted a historic summit addressing the problem of sexual abuse within the Catholic church. The summit comes only a couple of weeks after a

I have a bit of a confession to make: I, Kristen, a United Methodist pastor, dyed-in-the-wool Christian, millennial, am a racist. There. I said it. What a weird

Sometimes when everyone is talking about the same news story, we at TTC feel at a loss — not about what to say so much as about how