Proximity fosters compassion because you cannot lead what you do not love, and you cannot love what you do not know. –Alvin Sanders (Redemptive Poverty Work, 2026)100% of us, whether we are aware of it, or admit it, carry some religious trauma. –Dawn Bennett (A Seat at the Table, 2026)

Jesus did not do the work of repairing the world alone and neither can we. –Amy Butler & Dawn Darwin Weaks (Holy Disruption, 2025)

The common good is not found; it is built in community. –Amar D Peterman (Becoming Neighbors, 2026)

Did you know? White Rock Center of Hope brings our Food Pantry directly into the community through our mobile food distributions! Today, we were honored to provide groceries to families at our newest partner site, Hope Dallas.

To be racist is to see peoples of color as eternal immigrants . . . To be racist is to see White people as eternal natives. –Ibram X. Kendi (Chain of Ideas, 2026)

I suppose my greatest fear is that the more we depend on AI, the more we will simply be unable to imagine a world that was or could be different, much less how to create it. –Brian Bantum (Christian Century, June 2026)

Faith does not “grow” like a savings account; rather, faith increases like a child who matures into an adult or a flower that blossoms in the spring. –Amar D Peterman (Becoming Neighbors, 2026)

Every church can play an active role in the emergence of a world where everyone has a place to call home. --Kevin Nye (Hope for the Mission, 2026)

So What Faith's Recommended Reads for June include new books by Matthew Bernico, Dean Detloff, Kristin Grady Gilger, William Stell, Andrew Root, and Jon Acuff - sowhatfaith.com/2026/06/02/g... #bookrecommendations

Kicking off Pride Month at the Meyerson with the Turtle Creek Chorale and Pride as Big as Texas.

Perhaps the only thing that has moved faster than AI’s nesting into our everyday lives is the Trump administration's ability to obscure even the idea of a different future. –Brian Bantum (Christian Century, June 2026)

At First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in downtown Fort Worth, Texas our focus today was seeking God's will, and that should remain our focus every day.

The most effective tool I’ve ever seen for busting myths and biases around homelessness is, without a doubt, human connection. --Kevin Nye (Hope for the Mission, 2026)

The most effective leaders are not necessarily the most talented and hard-working. They are the most inquisitive. –Frederica Peterson (Inquisitive Leadership, 2026)

Less than 10% of Americans who regularly attend worship do so at a church in which a woman is the primary leader. –Alina Gayeuski (Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling, 2026)

As someone born after the right to ordination was granted to women in my denomination, I have never known a time when it was not possible. I have also never known a time when it was fully embraced and celebrated. –Alina Gayeuski (Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling, 2026)

If you have to force people to hear your gospel, perhaps the problem isn’t with the people, but with your gospel. --Kevin Nye (Hope for the Mission, 2026)

God is not looking for people with picture-perfect pasts or impressive lifestyles or titles. He is looking for people who are honestly themselves before Him in worship, engaging in both spirit and in truth. –Hosanna Wong (Uncomplicate It, 2026)

Spent my morning in downtown Fort Worth with an incredible group of nonprofit leaders for the relaunch of the Center for Nonprofit Management. It was great to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new people who share a common purpose and passion for strengthening our communities.

Poverty is not an identity; rather, it is a condition that people experience. It is not who they are; it is a reality they endure. It can be easy to forget that. –Alvin Sanders (Redemptive Poverty Work, 2026)

The world’s richest 1% emit as much carbon as the poorest two-thirds of the world’s population. –Matthew Bernico & Dean Dettloff (Enough is Enough, 2026)

Beautiful beginnings. Welcoming a new day and all that is ahead.

Still Pondering Pentecost Possibilities - sowhatfaith.com/2026/05/25/p... #pentecost

If there’s one consistent finding in the data, it’s that a majority of nonwhite Catholics have been Democrats for the last 50 years. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Your personality is a part of how God wants to connect with you. –Hosanna Wong (Uncomplicate It, 2026)

I believe there’s been no more significant change in American society over the last 30 years than the rapid ascension of those who claim no religious affiliation. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Celebrating Pentecost in downtown Fort Worth - blow, Spirit, blow!

The nonreligious in the United States - especially atheists and agnostics - are more left-leaning and politically homogeneous today than at any point in the last fifteen years. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

When I told my Mom I wanted to go to seminary, she cried. Hers were not tears of joy but rather ones filled with fear. –Alina Gayeuski (Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling, 2026)

The date makes clear that the early 1970s was the golden age for American Catholicism. From that point on, weekly Mass attendance dropped, dipping below 40% by 1990 and below 30% by 2010. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

The only thing that every person who experiences homelessness has in common is that they are without housing. --Kevin Nye (Hope for the Mission, 2026)

I want you to know this: Your relationship with God? You can uncomplicate it. –Hosanna Wong (Uncomplicate It, 2026)

Today, the Big Church Sort is nearly complete. The two Christian groups that have managed to maintain a robust membership, Catholicism and evangelicalism, have done so by drifting to the right. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

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In other words, the person who is most likely to be in church this coming weekend is someone who is right in the middle of the income distribution. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Much of the good brought to the world by the Christian faith has involved an important shift in the understanding of what it means to be a good person, a moral agent, and truly human. –Bart Ehrman (Love Thy Stranger, 2026)

Countless studies have indicated that cost and vacancy rates are the only statistically significant causal factors for predicting homelessness. --Kevin Nye (Hope for the Mission, 2026)

I believe the data shows that Americans are increasingly understanding religion in a very clear-cut way: as a tribal marker for politics. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

Fixing isn’t the same as helping. In fact, it’s like causing more harm - to others, to yourself, and to the very connections you value most. –Leah Marone (Serial Fixer, 2026)

Today, the Disciples Downtown (First Christian Church, Fort Worth) focused on children. After worship, the Board met to conduct its regular business and to assess where the church is in its congregational life cycle as part of our interim work.

Of the three B’s, religious behavior has seen the most significant decline over the last 50 years. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

This morning, White Rock Center of Hope provided groceries to more than 400 families! What makes this ministry especially meaningful is that it is powered by community volunteers who show up to serve with compassion. If you’d like to learn more about volunteering I’d love to help you get connected.

Being a space creator is more than just holding boundaries; it is about mindful living, not merely surviving in cramped emotional quarters. –Leah Marone (Serial Fixer, 2026)

Speaking the Truth: Things are Not Fine - sowhatfaith.com/2026/05/15/s...

I distinctly remember feeling so small when I began preaching. –Dawn Bennett (A Seat at the Table, 2026)

Fixing robs others of the chance to face their challenges, build resilience, and gain the confidence that comes from navigating difficulties on their own. –Leah Marone (Serial Fixer, 2026)

In the United States about 7 in 10 people are “kind of” religious. --Ryan P. Burge (The Vanishing Church, 2026)

100% of us, whether we are aware of it, or admit it, carry some religious trauma. –Dawn Bennett (A Seat at the Table, 2026)

Being the mother of a priest pretty much guarantees me a ticket to heaven and a comfortable lounge chair when I get there. At least that’s what I tell people. –Kristin Grady Gilger (My Son, The Priest, 2025)

Pressuring a victim into silence by equating forgiveness with avoiding the authorities is not pastoral care. It is sin. –Ron Cantor (When Shepherds Prey, 2026)