Voices

Progressive Christians should read the Bible

It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.

by Debie Thomas
Interviews

The D.C. church that beat the Proud Boys in court now owns their name

“There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely a risk calculation.”

Jasmin Pittman interviews William H. Lamar IV

Features

Trump the savior-king

The president, just as the Christian Reconstructionists intended, sits at the top of a violent system as the mouthpiece of a silent, abusive God.
by Liz Charlotte Grant
Features

The imitation of the Spirit

Christians are taught to practice imitatio Christi, empowered by the Holy Spirit. What if we flipped this narrative?
by Meg Giordano
Features

God cares about people, not what you call the West Bank

A US House committee will now use the biblical names Judea and Samaria. The point is to frame a political conflict as a religious war.
by Fares Abraham

Books

Poems for a difficult life of faith

Like Paul, Spencer Reece has journeyed to see what he would suffer as a servant of Christ.
by Diane Glancy

The story of Richmond’s “cathedral of the Confederacy”

Christopher Graham’s book focuses on the racism of one Virginia congregation. It will challenge all those who cause harm in the name of virtue.
by Peyton Williams

Inside the lives of everyday workers

Mark Larson’s collection of soulful interviews is a worthy successor to Studs Terkel’s 1974 classic Working.
by Jesse Lava

The legacy of “religionization”

Marianne Moyaert provides a helpful but somber history of the ways European Christians have imagined people of other faiths.
by Leo D. Lefebure

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In the Lectionary

March 16, Lent 2C (Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35)

We live with a clear-eyed hope that refuses to squint in the face of suffering.
by Mark Ralls
Voices

Progressive Christians should read the Bible

It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against vulnerable people.
by Debie Thomas
Books

Poems for a difficult life of faith

Like Paul, Spencer Reece has journeyed to see what he would suffer as a servant of Christ.
by Diane Glancy

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Politics

Voices

The substance of small things I’ve seen

Hope and change mean something different to me now than they did in 2009.
by Brian Bantum
Interviews

The D.C. church that beat the Proud Boys in court now owns their name

“There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely a risk calculation.”

Jasmin Pittman interviews William H. Lamar IV

Features

Trump the savior-king

The president, just as the Christian Reconstructionists intended, sits at the top of a violent system as the mouthpiece of a silent, abusive God.
by Liz Charlotte Grant
Features

God cares about people, not what you call the West Bank

A US House committee will now use the biblical names Judea and Samaria. The point is to frame a political conflict as a religious war.
by Fares Abraham

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