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To understand African Christianity, remember the Battle of Adwa
In 1896, a Christian army from Ethiopia defeated the Italians.
No seniority (25A; Matthew 20:1-16)
As a culture, we don’t have much patience for the last.
Why didn’t the police show any empathy for Daniel Prude?
Jesus, too, encountered a naked man living with mental torment. He responded quite differently.
When your partner loses faith
After Stina Kielsmeier-Cook’s husband became a none, she reached out to some neighborhood nuns.
From black and white to Black and White
Why we’re capitalizing terms for racial identity
White supremacy is a script we’re given at birth
It’s written in our flesh and rehearsed throughout history.
October 11, 28A (Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23)
The golden calf isn’t a terrible idea. It’s just not God’s idea.
The Indigenous youth fighting for Wet’suwet’en sovereignty
Resistance, resurgence, and renewal in British Columbia
First-century culture wars (24 A; Romans 14:1-12)
The issues are different, but the temptation is the same.
We’re not giving away a new car or an all-expenses-paid month in Europe
We hope you’ll support us anyway.
Dr. King’s voice in verse
Joseph Ross’s poems are an elegy for the civil rights movement’s martyrs.
The law in our lives
David Opderbeck’s book about theology, the law, and how we engage with both
The 2020 Census and the daughters of Zelophehad
The book of Numbers reminds us why it matters who we count.
When the best of times and the worst of times coincide
At St. Martin-in-the-Fields, we’re living through beautiful, nightmarish days.
October 4, 27A (Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20)
Rules help us sustain life in community, whether we like it or not.
Majority of White Christians see no pattern in killings
Two days before Rusten Sheskey, a White police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fired seven shots into the back of Jacob Blake, a Black man, at close range while three of Blake’s young children watch...
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
On August 27, the White supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshipers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first time the maximum available ...
Faith-based disaster relief groups get ready for Hurricane Laura
In recent months, Lara Martin’s life has been one disaster after another.
Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires in California. A derecho in Iowa.
Now, Hurricane Laura....
Deaf ministries flourish with virtual worship
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the array of worship services offered by Lovers Lane United Methodist Church included one in American Sign Language....