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The Naming Project is a Christian camp that celebrates LGBTQ teens as they are
“We ask questions like, who am I? Who did God make me to be?”
August 29, Ordinary 22B (James 1:17–27)
Hearing the word and doing it aren’t as far apart as Martin Luther thought.
King David and Kendrick Lamar (2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33)
Hip-hop’s origins go back farther than the 1970s.
I can’t take my eyes off Jean Smart
In Hacks and Mare of Easttown, it’s thrilling to watch an aging woman on screen.
Daily bread amid luxury (John 6:24-35)
Living outside poverty is a wonderful thing, but it leaves one open to the temptation of a divided heart.
The power of a swim-in
In 1964, Mimi Ford jumped into a pool—and changed the course of history.
It takes faith to resist the attention economy
We need to relearn a capacity to dwell in God’s presence.
Georgetown was built on the backs of enslaved people
Reparations for their descendants are a necessary, imperfect beginning.
The dangers of providing pastoral care
Woundedness is the predictable price we pay for being sent on outrageous assignments by Jesus.
August 22, Ordinary 21B (Psalm 84)
In Psalm 84, an expectant swallow makes her nest in the temple.
Voter suppression is lethal to democracy
We can’t let the filibuster keep us from doing something about it.
Haitian pastor arrested for role in assassination
The head of Haiti’s national police announced on July 11 that officers arrested a Haitian man accused of flying into the country on a private jet and working with the alleged assassins and mastermi...
Former Trump ambassador launches international religious freedom conference
Sam Brownback, former US ambassador for international religious freedom in the Trump administration, helped launch a conference on international religious freedom in Washington, DC, on July 13, bri...
AME general conference votes to form committee to study LGBTQ issues
A day after its general conference voted down a bill that would have allowed clergy to perform same-sex marriages, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, meeting in Orlando, Florida, passed a reso...
United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis
The United Church of Christ kicked off its “special edition” general synod on July 11 by passing a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis....
Muslim leaders and activists tackle opposition to COVID-19 vaccines
Shaikh Rahman, a business systems analyst in Chicago and a Muslim, was not a proponent of COVID-19 vaccines because he did not feel that credible information about them was being disseminated effec...
Three of the most mistranslated words in the Bible—according to TikTok
Popular activities for this summer include visiting heavily populated beaches, hanging out indoors with crowds of more than 50, and debating translations of New Testament Greek on the internet....
Longest serving UMC bishop dies at 93
United Methodist bishop Joseph H. Yeakel died July 4 at age 93. At the time of his death, Yeakel had been a United Methodist bishop longer than any episcopal leader still living....
Head of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church dies at 74
Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, died on July 12 at the age of 74. He had been undergoing cancer treatment for the last two years....