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A church politics of nondomination
Liberal Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose.
For the first time in a century, the Holy Land has no chief rabbi
In a historic moment, Israel’s two chief rabbis, David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, left office on Sunday with no clear successors elected in their stead, leaving the posts vacant for the first time sinc...
PCUSA votes to divest from Israel bonds
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Monday to divest from Israel bonds and begin the process of encouraging two companies it believes are contributing to human rights abu...
Jihyun Oh elected Stated Clerk of the PCUSA general assembly
In a 420-2 vote, Jihyun Oh was elected and then installed as the next stated clerk of the Pres...
Self-evident truths?
What may have been obvious to Thomas Jefferson was probably not obvious to those he enslaved.
Understanding Czesław Miłosz
Eva Hoffman, a fellow exile from Poland, writes about the Nobel-winning author like no one else could.
Climate catastrophe is here
Swaths of US land are becoming uninsurable, even uninhabitable.
July 7, Ordinary 14B (Mark 6:1–13)
The disciples want to know who Jesus is. The people from his hometown do not.
Reaching out (Mark 5:21-43)
The Gospel of Mark tells the story of a precarious moment.
Praying the hours with W. H. Auden
The poet’s Horae Canonicae sequence is an underappreciated spiritual classic.
Inside the Beatles' abandoned Indian ashram that keeps visitors coming decades later
The path to the Beatles Ashram, once the tranquil retreat of the famous British band, is now overgrown with lush plants reclaiming the crumbling structures....
Clergy, parents file suit against Lousiana Ten Commandments law
A group of public school parents, including some clergy, have filed a lawsuit against Louisiana’s new law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, arguing the statute unfair...
Sean Rowe elected youngest presiding bishop in Episcopal Church history
Sean Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal Northwest Pennsylvania and bishop provisional of Western New York, was elected and confirmed June 26 to serve as the 28th presiding bishop of the denomination....
Moltmann the teacher
Studying theology with him offered me new possibilities for justice and abundant life.
Jerry Falwell’s toxic legacy
Keri Ladner digs into the Moral Majority founder’s archives to show how his fantastical interpretations of world politics seeded the ground for QAnon.
Feeling God in a modernist cathedral-in-progress
While other churches have filled me with wonder, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia brought tears to my eyes.
Treasures of our ancestors
Rabbi Debra Robbins creates a spiritual practice around the seven psalms of the Jewish morning liturgy.
Why a denomination is investigating late devotional writer Sarah Young
Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence, a book of daily devotions that combines Bible verses with friendly messages written as if Jesus were speaking, has been one of the bestsellin...