Ecclesial Theology

I've never before participated in a public demonstration, but today I marched with my wife and son in the Women's March on Charlo...

Earlier this afternoon America and the world heard and read President Trump announce in his inaugural address that "from this day forw...

Now and then my theological vocation and U2-fandom avocation intersect. Some of those intersections have fueled my writing, from one-off t...

What's the image on the cover of my new book Baptist Identity and the Ecumenical Future: Story, Tradition, and the Recover of Communit...

I contributed the lead "scholar's response" to the initial sermon by Rodney Wallace Kennedy, recently retired as pastor of ...

Remembering the past year and anticipating the one to come may be difficult for many this particular New Year's Eve. Here's somet...

Some thoughts from an ecumenist about the post-election call for American national "unity": According to Ephesians 4, ...

National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion plenary book symposium panel session, Waco, Texas, May 24, 2016 The new iss...

The new issue of Baptist World , the magazine of the Baptist World Alliance, includes my article "Real Baptists Pursue Church Unity...

If you're in the Boiling Springs, NC area, at 5:00 PM this Sunday (September 18) I'm doing a talk at Boiling Springs Baptist Churc...