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Government denial is raising the stakes of COVID-19 in Nicaragua
Amid a disinformation campaign, churches are trying to provide education and aid.
Observers of religion say Harris looks like the future of the nation
Kamala Harris filled two criteria that Joe Biden wanted in a running mate: she is a woman, and she is black, two critical Democratic constituencies ahead of the November elections....
Lebanon priests recount horror of explosion
The video shows Rabih Thoumy swinging a chain censer, sending smoke into the air, when abruptly there is a rumble and then a loud bang as the shock wave from Beirut’s devastating explosion slams in...
Beyoncé’s new visual album draws from religious imagery
Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King, released July 31 on Disney+, brings to life the music of her 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift....
Christians in Germany purchase boat to aid shipwrecked migrants
A rescue ship purchased via crowdfunding, organized by the Evangelical Church in Germany, set sail from Spain in early August....
ELCA presiding bishop’s neon sign goes viral
As churches closed to slow the spread of COVID-19, Elizabeth Eaton, the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, began offering weekly video messages from her home....
Jerry Prevo named interim president of Liberty University
Liberty University in Virginia announced on August 10 that its board had chosen an interim president to lead the school days after Jerry Falwell Jr....
Ivy Taylor becomes first woman to lead Methodist Rust College
This spring, Ivy Taylor became the first woman to lead Rust College, a United Methodist liberal arts school in Holly Springs, Mississippi....
Former pastor Mark Charles qualifies for two presidential ballots
Voters in at least two states will have the opportunity to vote for former pastor Mark Charles in November....
The psychological wage of liberalism was laid bare at the DNC
If democracy is a moral abstraction instead of an embodied struggle, it won’t survive.
A stack of rough stones (21A; Matthew 16:13-20)
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
A stack of rough stones (12A; Matthew 16:13-20)
Imagine Jesus at the beach, building a cairn.
Mollywood produces films portraying Christians as a normal part of the South Indian landscape
A growing number of Malayalam-language films feature Christian characters or themes.
Separated from one another—yet still in harmony
Evagrius Pontus and Howard Thurman knew God as simultaneously far and near.
Can classical music come out of Nazareth?
Nabeel Ashkar has worked for years to bring Western art music to Arab young people in Galilee.
How Heather Cox Richardson looks to the past for hope
The “Letters from an American” author provides historical context for today’s threats to democracy.
September 13, 24A (Exodus 14:19-31; Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21)
It's time for us to hear the song of Moses and Miriam in a new way.
The shape of liturgy when everything is changing
Even stones are constantly being transformed.
The beauty and dangers of identity (20A; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32)
A few reflections on this reading from Romans