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Episode 1: Historian Diana Butler Bass, author of Freeing Jesus
A conversation with historian and popular author Diana Butler Bass about her upbringing, Jesus as presence, memoir theology, and more
The most Baptist state isn’t Mississippi. It’s Nagaland, India.
In the remote northeast region, Christianity has flourished for generations.
A conversation with the producer/director of the PBS documentary The Black Church
Century community engagement editor Katara Patton interviews Stacey L. Holman
Sin is like a suitcase abandoned at the baggage claim
Lent beckons us to claim those forgotten things we’d packed away.
A life that matters (Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Mark 8:31-38; Lent 2B)
In this week’s readings, God’s covenant-making continues.
March 28, Passion Sunday B (Mark 14:1-15:47)
Did Easter even come last year? Will it ever come again?
I’m a philosopher. We can’t think our way out of this mess.
I’m throwing in my lot with the poets and painters, the novelists and songwriters.
You don't have to doubt in secret anymore
Brian McLaren says religious doubt isn't the death of faith. It's the birth of faith beyond belief.
Is there an American caste system?
Caste is more complex than Isabel Wilkerson suggests. But she excels at forcing open our eyes to the horrific realities of racism.
Episode 1: Everybody can be a mystic | A conversation with Therese Taylor-Stinson
The founder of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network talks about the importance of contemplative spirituality to social change.
The righteousness of the prude and the righteousness of the lover
Martin Luther went looking for God—and found Christ on the cross.
March 21, Lent 5B (Hebrews 5:5–10; John 12:20–33)
In ancient Israel, priests were the gates through which God poured mercy.
What the US has wrought in Yemen
Biden’s announcement of the end of American involvement is refreshingly clear and straightforward—assuming it pans out.
Biden order reestablishes White House faith office
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on February 14 relaunching a White House office aimed at fostering cooperation between the federal government and faith-based and secular community or...
Protesters call proposed French antiradicalism law anti-Muslim
Activists rallied on February 14 in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist extremism that the protesters say could trample on religious freedom and ...
Marriage and divorce amid pandemic: Experts weigh in
For many US couples yearning to be married, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on their wedding plans while bolstering their teamwork and resilience....
London Haredim roll up sleeves to fight COVID
As people across England huddled indoors amid freezing temperatures and a national lockdown, nearly 300 elderly adults from the Haredi Jewish community, often called the ultra-Orthodox, lined up o...
LGBTQ singer-songwriter ‘GameStops’ iTunes Christian music charts
For two days in February, an openly queer Christian artist had the top Christian album on iTunes....