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Ramy Youssef is young, Muslim, and American
The comedian’s Hulu show has a rare trait: it takes religion seriously.
Human finitude (30A; Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8)
It’s really tough to value the gifts inherent in finitude when beloved ones are dying.
It’s 1933, and Franklin Graham is German theologian Paul Althaus
A limited but troubling historical analogy
Ivan the gorilla’s smart-mouthed sidekick gets his own sequel
Katherine Applegate’s books for children are just as engaging for grown-ups.
My brother is an essential worker at a grocery store
I wish we actually valued his dangerous work.
My daughter’s wedding vows made me think about what it means to receive
Taking is possessing. Receiving is a gift.
Episode 83: Take Shelter
Matt and Adam discuss theology, ministry, and Jeff Nichols's film Take Shelter
The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church
The pandemic has made an existing problem worse.
I was afraid to protest in Kenosha, but my parishioner needed me
The city felt like it had been sucker punched.
In new encyclical, Francis decries capitalism, war
On October 4, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a post-COVID-19 world by uniting the core elements of his social teachings into a new encyclical aimed at inspiring a revived sense of the human f...
Faith groups distribute USDA food boxes, despite Trump’s intrusion
Millions of boxes of USDA surplus food are being shipped with mandated letters from President Donald Trump asserting his concern to protect the well-being of Americans struggling through the corona...
Hundreds of rabbis back NY government in shutdown of Hasidic neighborhoods
Some 400 rabbis and other Jewish religious leaders from across the spectrum of Jewish institutions have signed a statement in support of efforts in New York to shut down schools and limit synagogue...
Border Patrol raids faith-based immigrant aid camp for second time in three months
Agents with the US Border Patrol raided a faith-based humanitarian aid camp for undocumented immigrants near the US-Mexico border on the evening of October 5—the second action taken against the cam...
HBCU presidents encourage Black people to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trial
On a recent Sunday, photos of two Black men graced the sanctuary of First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans as Shawn Moses Anglim spoke during “a little children’s moment.”...
Activist nun Ardeth Platte dies at 84
Ardeth Platte, a Dominican sister who fought for nuclear disarmament, died in her sleep at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, DC, on September 30....
Darrell Goodwin to be first director of new United Church of Christ conference
Darrell Goodwin, a United Church of Christ pastor, was elected as the first executive minister of the denomination’s new Southern New England Conference by an overwhelming margin on September 26....
Former LifeWay CEO Thom Rainer reaches settlement with publishing house
LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, announced on October 6 that it had reached an “amicable” out-of-court agreement with former president and CEO Tho...
The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided
We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.