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Is there any hope for a just peace in Israel and Palestine?
A two-state solution seems as far off as ever. It’s also the only viable way forward.
June 27, Ordinary 13B (2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27)
When David praises Saul and Jonathan, is he acting out of expediency, faithfulness, or both?
The religious aspect of the Israel-Palestine conflict
In mid-May, violence between Gaza and Israel intensified to levels not seen for years, with Hamas shooting hundreds of rockets toward the Tel Aviv area and Israel retaliating with heavy strikes in ...
100 years later, Black church leaders seek reparations for Tulsa massacre
On the first Wednesday in May, as the centennial of the Tulsa massacre approached, Robert R. A. Turner stood outside Tulsa City Hall with his megaphone, as he does every week....
How a faith-based network helps people return to their communities after incarceration
After a two-year prison sentence, Amber Bjornsson moved into a recovery home. She took a minimum wage job at a restaurant within walking distance of her transitional housing....
Vashti McKenzie, first woman bishop in AME church, to retire in July
Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the first woman to be elected as a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will retire from active ministry at the AME general conference in July....
Russell Moore leaves Southern Baptist ERLC to join Christianity Today
Russell Moore, the embattled Southern Baptist ethicist and “never Trumper,” is resigning as president of his denomination’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission....
P. Stephen Chow Sau-yan
Pope Francis on May 17 named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, P....
Lenny Duncan joins Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Lenny Duncan, a queer, Black pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is joining Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary as a public theologian to help develop a two-year certificati...
Episode 7: Pastor and activist Bruce Reyes-Chow, author of In Defense of Kindness
A conversation with pastor and activist Bruce Reyes-Chow about #AAPIHeritageMonth, family life, pastoring, living with difficult people, Rosanne Barr trolling him on Twitter, kindness, and more
Deconstructing the Republican Jesus
Biblical scholar Tony Keddie shows how the conservative movement enlisted the Bible to help its cause.
Centering the sacred work of spiritual direction for people of color
“Breath is how I bring myself back to God. My breath is my sacred word.”
On the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, I remember my Black father’s military service
He prayed things would get better. It’s not too late.
June 20, Ordinary 12B (1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49)
Saul would have provided better odds against Goliath. But God might not have favored him in the matchup.
What is a beautiful church building for?
What my bad sermons made bland, our sanctuary made sweet.