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Looking back at my ministry from hospice care
My feet hurt. To distract myself, I'm recalling my professional failures.
Wombs and tombs (Pentecost B) (Ezekiel 37:1-14; Romans 8:22-27)
God’s Spirit before birth and after death
Episode 7: Fresh courage | A conversation with Lerita Coleman Brown
"I hope that we will abandon this idea that mysticism only happens to special people."
What being vaccinated has taught me about spiritual restlessness
I have the freedom to say yes to things again. And I still have the freedom to say no.
Homeless people get organized—and radical
In Tacoma, Minneapolis, and elsewhere, people without housing have taken over buildings.
Episode 6: Gender studies professor Susan Shaw, coauthor of Intersectional Theology
A conversation with gender studies professor Susan Shaw about her Southern Baptist upbringing, how we met and wrote a book together, her Baptist News Global article that went viral, and more
How did abortion become legal in majority-Catholic Argentina?
In Latin America, faith and politics are being disentangled.
Episode 91: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Matt and Adam talk theology, scripture, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
State anti-trans bills aren’t just culture wars skirmishes
They’re acts of harm against living, breathing people.
India’s diaspora boosts virus fight from afar
India’s large diaspora—long a boon to India’s economy—is tapping its wealth, political clout, and expertise to help its home country combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left people t...
US Catholic bishops may press Biden to stop taking communion
When the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops holds its next national meeting in mid-June, the bishops will be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden an...
For some pastors, the past year was a sign from God it was time to quit
Jeff Weddle, a wisecracking, self-deprecating, Bible-loving, self-described “failing pastor” from Wisconsin, was already thinking of leaving the ministry before COVID and the 2020 election....
Independent film aims to dispel myths about Korean Americans
Happy Cleaners, an independent film set in the diverse Flushing neighborhood in Queens, New York, is about a Korean American family that owns a struggling dry-cleaning business....
Indiana Episcopalians open state’s first LGBTQ youth shelter
Even before the ribbon was cut to officially open Trinity Haven—Indiana’s first residential facility for LGBTQ youth and young adults who are at risk of homelessness—on April 30, two people were li...
Bob Abernethy, founder of popular PBS religion program, dies at 93
Veteran broadcast journalist Bob Abernethy, who founded the PBS program Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, has died at the age of 93....
Architect Daniel Libeskind to design new Tree of Life synagogue
Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life congregation has chosen internationally renowned architect Daniel Libeskind to design a new building for the site where 11 Jews were gunned down nearly three years ago i...
Chanequa Walker-Barnes joins Columbia Theological Seminary
Womanist theologian Chanequa Walker-Barnes has joined the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary as professor of practical theology and pastoral counseling....