On October 11th, Roots will kick off a new and timely teaching series called “Spoke in the Wheel: Dietrich Bonhoeffer & Kingdom Allegiance.” In 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a lecture to a group of pastors who were uneasy about the way the German state was exercising its power, but were “good Lutherans” and so did…
Unless you’ve managed to complete tune out of what’s going on in the world today, you are probably experiencing some level of stress right now. To many of us, it feels like the world’s violence, injustice, brokenness, and division has been on full display lately and it’s honestly scary. Just for starters, the world is…
This fall, the teaching team at Roots will join with other pastors, teachers, and bishops from the wider body of Christ in listening for what the Spirit is saying to the whole Church through the holy Scriptures. Specifically, we will be using the Revised Common Lectionary to structure our teaching. For those who aren’t familiar,…
In the beginning, God blessed humanity to create cultures. This has been part of our calling to steward creation on God’s behalf, to reflect God’s loving reign into the creation, and gather up the praises of creation and give them to God. This is what it means to bear God’s image. Therefore, recognizing the way…
The relationship between racism and the church is a complex one. It touches on many aspects of our experience, from the sense of welcome we receive in the church, to our theology of the cross, to what we imagine the purpose of the church to be—and more. Christena Cleveland (PhD) is a social psychologist who…