Megan K. DeFranza

People to Be Loved

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Preston Sprinkle does conservative Christians a needed service by guiding them into the complexity of biblical interpretation, sexual ethics, and compassionate listening. His meticulous research is applied with an even hand as he affirms and critiques arguments coming from both affirming and nonaffirming Christians, all the while offering wise pastoral counsel to straight and gay alike. Affirming scholars will disagree with various points in his interpretation but there is no question that Sprinkle is going as far as he can go within a nonaffirming viewpoint to move this debate away from the rhetoric of the culture war toward a more productive, respectful, loving conversation.”

The Good News about Conflict

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Paris is a realist: seeing this conflict is not going to end anytime soon. She is a nonviolent peacemaker: knowing we cannot win through the use of force because we are the conflict; we are waging war against ourselves. She is wise: rejecting simplistic solutions and naive notions. She is a person of faith: believing that as we put away our idols (of moral high ground, institutional preservation, certainty) and instead cultivate faith and reconciling practices we will find paths forward for our conflicted communities and for the Gospel. This is indeed good news.”