In twenty or thirty years, if current trends continue as predicted, the mainline tradition will largely be extinct across many parts of the United States. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Transfiguration Sunday: Listen to Jesus - a simple yet challenging message to carry with us into the Lenten journey ahead - sowhatfaith.com/2026/02/15/t... #transfiguration

A 2017 analysis of the one hundred largest Protestant megachurches found that none allowed LGBTQ+ members to participate fully in leadership and liturgy (including same-sex marriage and ordination). --Dawne Moon & Theresa Tobin (Choosing Love, 2025)

Salvation is a heavenly banquet, a meal that tastes like heaven - with chairs crowded around a table, plates and bowls piled with food, and God as our host. –Isaac Samuel Villegas (Migrant God, 2025)

Churchgoers are far less likely today to worship alongside people who vote differently than they do. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Mainline Protestant Preaching on Social Issues - What Has Been, What Is, and What Is Coming with an invitation to share your experience - sowhatfaith.com/2026/02/12/m...

Most of us don’t hide the truth because we are unrepentant liars. We simply know the truth will disrupt it all - the life we’ve built, the marriage we have, the image we’ve nurtured, the career we enjoy, the approval we’ve secured. –Jen Hatmaker (Awake, 2025)

I'm deeply disturbed by the sudden 10 day closure of air space in El Paso. What is really happening? #Lordhavemercy

For a people committed to the noncoercive peace of Christ, worship prophesies a world transfigured with God’s justice. –Isaac Samuel Villegas (Migrant God, 2025)

I propose this gospel in a nutshell: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the companion of the Holy Spirit be with you all of you.” (2 Cor 13:13) –Jack Haberer (Swimming with the Sharks, 2025)

I used to think that if I preached really well and we served the community generously, our congregation would increase in size. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

My best girlfriends are not counselors or psychologists but something better: handywomen. –Jen Hatmaker (Awake, 2025)

Colonizer theology is not only bad for people in oppression but also for the theological and ecclesial descendants of the colonizers. –Joash P. Thomas (The Justice of Jesus, 2025)

The decline of the church is a problem not just for religiously inclined people - it’s a problem for us all. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Wonderful morning at White Rock Center of Hope! These folks along with 75+ others provided groceries to 391 families

To prepare ourselves for worship is to set our faces toward liberation. –Isaac Samuel Villegas (Migrant God, 2025)

Scripture, history, and firsthand experience have taught me that justice Jesus’s way is often messy, mundane, and arduous. –Joash P. Thomas (The Justice of Jesus, 2025)

Outside the structures, I’ve discovered Jesus is way less fragile than I was told. –Jen Hatmaker (Awake, 2025)

The need for - and emphasis on - lay leadership in contexts of bivocational ministry means that believers are invited more deeply to sacred service in the church, which builds up the body of Christ. –Kristen Plinke Bentley (Bivocational Ministry, 2024)

Here is how ChatGPT sees me

This month's list of recommended reads on So What Faith includes volumes by John Dominic Crossan, Stephanie Spellers, Maya Shankar, Terri Hord Owens, Miroslav Volf, and Christian Wiman - sowhatfaith.com/2026/02/04/g... #bookrecommendations

There are no one-size-fits-all stories of bivocational ministry. –Kristen Plinke Bentley (Bivocational Ministry, 2024)

Despite being divinely qualified to teach, Jesus did not come solely to dwell among us as a teacher. He came first as a learner. –Joash P. Thomas (The Justice of Jesus, 2025)

I am still finding God. Just not where I used to think he lived. –Jen Hatmaker (Awake, 2025)

The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. --Bad Bunny

ICE out. We are not savage. We are not animals. We are not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans. --Bad Bunny

My Visit to New Covenant Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Oklahoma City Today for Pastor Wheeler's Timely Message "An Open Letter to Christians About ICE, Immigration, and the Way of Jesus” - sowhatfaith.com/2026/02/01/m...

We are called to be part of God’s plan. Not a plan for the “justice” of the powerful. Not a project for the rich to get richer. Not for retribution. But a plan for righteousness. For lovingkindness. For humility. The vision of the Beatitudes. --Diana Butler Bass (Sunday Musings - Jan. 31, 2026)

Your true self dwells in an intimate and expansive connection to God’s love. –Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Soulwork of Justice, 2025)

Our world is in desperate need of faith leaders committed to offering both a word of resistance to systemic evil and faith-rooted hope for all that is going on in our world. –Richard W. Voelz (From Pulpit to Public Square, 2025)

The most enduring foundations of your spiritual journey will emerge after your rational certainty of beliefs gets annihilated. –Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Soulwork of Justice, 2025)

DFW friends please continue to drive safely - picture taken mid-morning

I define play as an embodied aesthetic experience and a cultural expression that are part of what it means to be human. This play functions as a way of knowing, being, and making meaning in the world. –Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch (Doing Theological Double Dutch, 2025)

Preparing Hope to reopen! Stay tuned for an official announcement

When Worship Was Folded in Half (or in Thirds) - Reflections on Worship Bulletins - sowhatfaith.com/2026/01/28/w...

Commitment to church ministry is not measured by hours worked. –Kristen Plinke Bentley (Bivocational Ministry, 2024)

The incarnate life of Jesus seems long forgotten with his Father’s name used to justify nationalistic glory, imperialistic conquest, military campaigns, white supremacy, and prideful arrogance. –Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Soulwork of Justice, 2025)

Please, my friends, go to reclaim and proclaim a faith rooted in the life and love of Jesus. –Stephanie Spellers (Church Tomorrow, 2025)

We define love as a relationship of openness and vulnerability to someone that changes you by virtue of your mutual connection. --Dawne Moon & Theresa Tobin (Choosing Love, 2025)

I am a firm believer that theology and practice dance together. –Richard W. Voelz (From Pulpit to Public Square, 2025)

The Sermon I Never Preached - Reflections on My Experience This Morning - sowhatfaith.com/2026/01/25/t...

Sunday aka Day 2 of Winter Storm 2026 in N. Arlington, Texas begins with these pics taken a bit before sunrise

Womanists believe in the power of their community and the necessity of everyone making it together. –Lakisha R. Lockhart-Rusch (Doing Theological Double Dutch, 2025)

The New Testament was a meal before it was a book. –Kellie Lisi & Martin J. Lohrmann (Food Theology, 2025)

Lord have mercy #minneapolis

Developing core stability and functional strength in organizations means investing in people, because for an organization, people, and our connections to each other, are the strong ground. –Brené Brown (Strong Ground, 2025)

From the beginning of time, we know that God loves us, and God loves to feed us with good food. –Kellie Lisi & Martin J. Lohrmann (Food Theology, 2025)

For far too long, Christians of all different traditions and denominations have failed to content with theological convictions and beliefs that are false and hateful. –John Dominic Crossan & Michael Okinczyc-Cruz (Jesus and Justice, 2026)

Another Church Closes: Saying Goodbye to Covenant Presbyterian After 70 Years - sowhatfaith.com/2026/01/22/a...

I don’t believe the trailhead for your journey, or mine, starts with being hopelessly mired in an original imprisonment of depravity that was not of our own doing. –Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Soulwork of Justice, 2025)