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Michael Jackson and the boys we don’t talk about
We reached consensus on Epstein and Cosby. Why are we buying tickets to see Michael?
The suffering that remains (Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:8-20; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21)
How can we know which suffering is generative and which is pointless?
May 14, Ascension (Luke 24:44–53)
Too many of us have not had ears to hear. Our marketing materials have been too slick.
Eight guidelines for preaching in partisan times
Disengagement from politics is not an option. But I’m convinced that the problem for some hearers is more about method than content.
A desert liturgy in verse
Poet Diana Woodcock blends Muslim and Christian sensibilities into a devotional reckoning with a wounded planet.
The room next door to faith
I am learning that questioning religion is not the same as abandoning it.
A vampire and a Lutheran pastor in Blackfeet country
Stephen Graham Jones’s theologically inflected horror novel just might be his masterpiece.
May 10, Easter 6A (John 14:15–21; 1 Peter 3:13–22)
Blessed are the poor, in ways that make no earthly sense.
When Christians do unchristian things
It can be tempting to respond to people’s harmful actions by denying their identity as Christians. We should resist this temptation.
The war with Iran is the crowning stupidity of our stupid age
No work of art better unveils war’s essential stupidity than Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
Who’s gonna drive you home? (Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14)
Jelly Roll’s Grammy speech was a heartfelt testimony to the power of a relationship with Jesus.
“Progressive” Christianity, adoption, and more reader feedback
What we’ve heard from our readers
What churches don’t remember
Poet Marilyn Nelson strips away nostalgia to reveal a congregation shaped as much by slavery, doubt, and culture as by faith.
From wellness to well-being
“One reason these wellness practices are popular is because they’re powerful and they remake us,” says religious ethicist Liz Bucar.