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July 5, Ordinary Time 14A (Genesis 24:34–38, 42–49, 58–67)
Doesn’t God have better things to do than arrange marriages?
My pandemic comfort viewing
Three TV shows and movies that have combated loneliness and brought welcome distraction
What I’d like to say to President Trump about the Bible
I’d tell him a secret I learned from Eugene Peterson.
Wondering the Trinity (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Let’s not pretend that God hid secret Jesus messages in the Hebrew Bible like Easter eggs.
June 28, Ordinary Time 13A (Matthew 10:40–42)
What happens when we are the refugees, the strangers, and the dying?
I teach conflict transformation. If Trump’s speech were a student paper, here’s how I would respond.
Like many people, I was outraged by President Trump’s speech and photo opportunity on Monday. Since I assess statements on violence for a living, I decided to offer him some feedback....
Muslim voters are getting organized for the 2020 election
And they could determine the outcome.
Being church while the neighborhood burns
“There’s a fire that cannot be extinguished except by justice.”
Political attacks on the US Postal Service threaten more than just the mail
Democracy, equality, and opportunity are at risk.
How deaths of despair reached white communities
Two economists tell the story and suggest reforms.
Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from church
In the early evening on June 1, President Donald Trump stood before the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in downtown Washington and held aloft a Bible for cameras....
Why did Benny Gantz form a coalition government with Benjamin Netanyahu?
And will he regret it?
June 21, Ordinary 12A (Matthew 10:24–39)
Jesus keeps saying, “Do not be afraid.” But there’s so much to be afraid of.
The additional violence of George Floyd’s autopsy report
It’s getting harder to believe in the vindication of history.
Wearing down structural evil with the ministry of erosion
During the pandemic, our church’s justice work has gone online.
Experimental interfaith house adapts to coronavirus pandemic
Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour, and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey....
Pandemic leads hundreds of cities around the globe to explore 'open streets'
When COVID-19 cases started popping up in Colombia in mid-March, Bogotá mayor Claudia López realized her city had a head start on at least one response: car-free streets....
New poll finds most Americans who believe in God see coronavirus as divine message
While the coronavirus rattles the United States, causing economic hardship for millions and killing more than 90,000 Americans, the findings of a poll by the University of Chicago Divinity School a...