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Study finds that young queer people quit organized religion almost twice as much as others
Taylor Valci was seven the first time she spoke in tongues....
In Nashville, a former Catholic school-turned-swingers club is reborn as a homeless shelter
The red brick building at the corner of Drexel Street and Seventh Avenue South in Nashville has a colorful history....
Influential British rabbi Jonathan Sacks dies at 72
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, a widely admired teacher and prolific writer who connected Jewish thought with a larger concern for universal human values, died ...
Gospel music legend Rance Allen dies at 71
Rance Allen, a Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee perhaps best known for his hit “Something About the Name Jesus,” died on October 31 at the age of 71....
Head of Serbian Orthodox Church hospitalized with COVID-19
The 90-year-old patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church was hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, days after leading prayers at a large public funeral for the head of the church...
The joy of what kind of master? (Matthew 25: 14-30; 33A)
This master's ways are celebrated by the world, not by Jesus.
Shattering the myth of the first Thanksgiving
The Wampanoags shared the gifts of the land. The colonists responded with greed and ingratitude.
My mind and what she remembers
When I can't figure out what something means, I give the problem to my mind.
Ted Kooser’s poetry of the Great Plains resonates across the world
The beloved American poet lifts the everyday into the realm of the transcendent.
The fascinating story of the Ivory Coast’s mega-basilica
Why is the world’s largest church building in Yamoussoukro?
Episode 84: Bill and Ted Face the Music
Matt and Adam talk about foolishness, corporate song, and two doofus musicians.
The Black Church Food Security Network aims to heal the land and heal the soul
“Food charity is a sweet siren song. It is not a sustainable track toward the Beloved Community.”
December 6, Advent 2B (Mark 1:1-8)
Advent calls us to take the myths of Christianity seriously.
A tough parable to read right now (Matthew 25:1-13; 32A)
The last are certainly not first in this story.
Reparations would help close the staggering racial wealth gap
William Darity and Kirsten Mullen make the case for finally addressing a great wrong.
Oregon has shown us how to finally end the war on drugs
The promise of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, which voters approved this week
Whose problem is clergy burnout?
Training in healthy ministry for pastors—and congregations
A tent for outdoor worship
The stark liturgical space that Harvard Episcopal chaplain Rita Powell envisioned before COVID is now a reality.
For Valarie Kaur, love is sweet labor
A memoir of an activist whose life is grounded in Sikh mysticism