Devolution
Are we evolving or devolving as a species?
In spite of our monumental achievements, the climate is still changing at an alarming rate, income equality is greater than it’s ever been, and millions are dying from malnutrition, neglect, and treatable illness. We still lie to each another. We still stab one another in the back. We want power, influence, and wealth, even if we have to take it by force.
Is this the world that God envisions?
Ryan Phipps is the Senior Minister at Church In Bethesda.
Raised in the church, becoming a pastor was the one thing Ryan vowed he would never do. After spending many years away from faith, he found that for all of its flaws, the church can still occupy a unique place of good in the world if it is willing to evolve with reason and empathy.
Ryan has a special place in his heart for those who have been damaged or disillusioned by the church, and longs to lead those within it toward a more just and generous expression of itself.