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Douglas Ottati’s liberal piety
The theologian starts by recognizing that we know enough to live fully in response to God’s grace.
N. T. Wright and Walter Brueggemann look to the Bible for wisdom during the pandemic
They both resist easy answers to the problem of suffering.
Loving your neighbor starts with the people on your block
My five-year-old parishioner spent the summer going door to door.
Amy Coney Barrett on faith, politics, precedent
Some notable quotes from Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a former Notre Dame law professor and current judge on the Chicago-based Seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals....
Louisville faith leaders after Breonna Taylor decision: ‘Our cries have fallen on deaf ears’
Leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) called the September 23 decision of a Louisville grand jury to indict only one officer involved in the death of Breonna Taylor on three counts of wanton ...
Episcopal priest backs up whistle-blower allegations at ICE facility
An Episcopal priest who volunteers at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Georgia has said allegations of medical neglect and a high rate of hysterectomies at the facility a...
In battleground states, Catholics are a pivotal swing vote
For decades, Roman Catholic voters have been a pivotal swing vote in US presidential elections, with a majority backing the winner—whether Republican or Democrat—nearly every time....
Mennonite Central Committee celebrates 100 years of service
Mennonite Central Committee’s centennial didn’t start the way anyone had planned....
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
A phrase from the book of Deuteronomy hangs framed on the wall of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court chamber: “Justice, justice you shall pursue.”...
Baptist leader Charles Stanley steps down from Atlanta church
Influential pastor Charles Stanley is stepping down from his role at First Baptist Church in Atlanta after more than 50 years....
'High-Church Penecostal' leader J. Delano Ellis II dies at 75
J. Delano Ellis II, a Black church official who started Pentecostal organizations and emphasized ecumenism, died on September 19 following a recent hospitalization. He was 75....
I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus
I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
Sexual assault is a public health issue
Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan’s study of agency, consent, and sex on college campuses
How do we know Black lives matter to God?
I used to wonder about the propriety of faith in a White Jesus. Now I struggle with the efficacy of faith at all.
When the wildfires came to my house, I remembered the garden of Eden
Here in Oregon, the consequences of our actions are burning all around us.
Can the religious left be as effective in Washington as it’s been on the streets?
Jack Jenkins’s book is informative and persuasive, if not exactly unbiased.
October 25, 30A (Matthew 22:34-46)
Jesus teaches us to always aim for the center. And repeat.
What Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination doesn’t mean
Don’t bother looking for the political significance of the Supreme Court nominee’s Catholicism. There isn’t any.
Episode 81: Summer pandemic movie roundup
Matt and Adam talk about what they watched over their summer break