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The many voices of refugee experience
Kao Kalia Yang’s collective memoir conveys their diversity—and their singular humanity.
In Eugene, civilian response workers are dispatched to nonviolent crises
CAHOOTS is providing a model for rethinking public safety.
February 14, Transfiguration B (Mark 9:2–9)
Peter wants to capture that mountaintop experience forever.
A blessing to the world (John 1:43-51; Epiphany 2B)
Jesus quotes the Jacob’s ladder story in Genesis.
A history of the Pilgrims that neither idolizes nor demonizes them
Historian John Turner tells the story of Plymouth Colony with nuance and care.
“Why didn’t Jesus come as a woman?” asked my daughter
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
The theological work of antiracism needs to include lament
The Bible shows us what to do with our frustration, outrage, and complicity.
February 7, Epiphany 5B (Mark 1:29-39)
Mark's Gospel provides tantalizing hints about Peter’s unnamed mother-in-law.
Pixar's Soul explores big ideas about creativity, purpose, and the meaning of life
But the movie would be stronger if it skipped the metaphysical realm and just stayed put in Queens.
Sean Feucht accused of ‘biological warfare’ in LA
Los Angeles activists held car caravans in late December to block evangelical recording artist Sean Feucht from holding outreach events in two homeless communities in LA, including the large one in...
Expedited border wall construction jeopardizes church, environment
In its final weeks, the Trump administration rushed efforts to build wall structures along the US-Mexico border—a project the Biden administration is expected to cancel....
LDS Church sued for alleged role in Boy Scouts sexual abuse crisis
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was hit with several lawsuits in late December for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the lates...
Episcopal congregation builds Holy Land app for virtual pilgrimages
This winter, hundreds of Episcopalians embarked on a walking pilgrimage around the Holy Land without ever having to set foot outside their neighborhoods—thanks to an app built by St....
How the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation got included in Congress’s $900 billion relief bill
Among the legislative loose ends that made their way into the $900 billion spending bill passed by Congress on December 21 was a significant update to the 18-year-old Tibetan Policy Act, strengthen...
Online hymn database sees spike as Christians worship at home
In 2020, we celebrated holidays at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We worked at home, attended school at home, even attended worship services at home....
Presbyterian minister to serve as first female US House chaplain
A longtime military officer and minister has been named the new chaplain of the US House of Representatives....
Russian rebel monk arrested, charged with inciting suicidal actions
Russian riot police stormed into a monastery on December 29 to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavi...
Top German Catholic official says church should be more inclusive
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German national conference of Catholic prelates, called for a more inclusive church on December 29, suggesting that the Catholic hierarchy could shift its p...