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A psychological thriller about four Israeli women and their biblical role models
Sarah Blau’s protagonists are childless by choice. Herein lies the danger.
Like Hamilton, In the Heights jolts the audience into new perspectives
Still, I wish Lin-Manuel Miranda had asked more of us.
July 25, Ordinary 17B (2 Samuel 11:1–15)
Scripture does not accept David's behavior for business as usual, and neither should we.
Critical race theory is a gift to Christians
The good news about collective and institutional sin is that, like individual sin, it can be redeemed.
Court sides with Catholic foster care agency
In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, on June 17 the justices unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with...
US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
The US Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving communion...
In Nashville, an eventful annual meeting for Southern Baptists
More than 15,000 Southern Baptist Convention leaders and pastors gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, June 15–16 for the first annual meeting of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination since the ...
LDS Church and NAACP seek to advance work with new initiatives
Top leaders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects on June 14 as they seek to build on an alliance formed with th...
Mennonites launch new peace center in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Peace Center in Brooklyn, New York, officially opened on June 19 with hot dogs and Icees at a stoop-side cookout....
E. Anne Henning Byfield begins tenure as head of AME church
Elizabeth Anne Henning Byfield began her tenure as president of the African Methodist Episcopal Council of Bishops on June 15....
Robert Schuman, former French statesman, one step closer to sainthood
Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into the European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic Church’s path toward possible sainthood....
Zahid Quraishi is first Muslim judge appointed to federal court
The US Senate made history on June 10 by confirming the first presidentially appointed Muslim American judge to a federal court....
Edwin Poots resigns as leader of Northern Ireland's government
The leader of the senior party in Northern Ireland’s government, Edwin Poots, resigned on June 17 after colleagues revolted over a deal to appoint new leaders to the Protestant-Catholic power-shar...
Episode 8: Pastor and activist Melissa Florer-Bixler, author of How to Have an Enemy
A conversation with pastor and activist Melissa Florer-Bixler about about L’Arche North Carolina, anti-Black racism, defunding the police, holy anger, Mary the first priest, Whiteness, and more
Paul’s call for mutual aid (13B) (2 Corinthians 8:7-15)
We all have needs—and abundance.
How I came to love embodied prayer
I tried it—and I began to experience God in places other than my head.
Living a simplified life in France
Eric Freeze and his family moved to Nice—in order to spend less and live better.
Will the looming fertility bust destroy religion?
As the global population ages, it’s unclear what will bind people to faith.
Honoring the Christians persecuted under Bolshevik rule requires knowing their stories
How Rod Dreher gets Russian history—and the American present—wrong
Seven things I learned by teaching a Me Too Bible class
Scripture is filled with sexual violence. So, we learned, are our own lives.