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The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the myth of self-reliance
The people we deem invisible are holding us together right now.
Tomorrow will come (Maundy Thursday)
Anyone who has occupied spaces where death looms knows that the experience of time is anything but certain.
A tale of two cities: why social distancing works
In 1918, the city of Philadelphia threw a parade that killed thousands of people....
Churches go back to the future with drive-in worship services
When it came time to pass the peace at Pathway Baptist Church, senior pastor Mike Donald didn’t hesitate.
“Everybody, wave to the right,” Donald said....
‘Deadly as Dachau’: Activists call for mass decarceration during COVID-19 pandemic
If any locals still braving the streets walked past Boston’s John F....
Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 medical masks found underground
The Washington National Cathedral donated thousands of medical masks to two hospitals in the nation’s capital after discovering a trove of the much-needed protective equipment just feet from where ...
US Catholic institutions struggle to keep up with changing demographics
Hispanics now account for 40 percent of all US Catholics, and a solid majority of school-age Catholics....
New children’s book highlights ‘Father of Gospel Music’
Disbelief is often the response Carole Boston Weatherford gets from children about her books featuring notable African Americans....
Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader, dies at 98
Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died on March 28. He was 98....
Marketing exec Deborah Caldwell to lead Religion News Foundation
In a unanimous vote, the Religion News Foundation’s board of directors has appointed marketing executive Deborah Caldwell as its CEO....
Roland Fernandes to head United Methodist missions agency
Roland Fernandes has been tapped as the next general secretary of Global Ministries, the United Methodist Church’s worldwide mission agency....
A guide to religious education during the climate crisis
For Jennifer Ayres, it’s crucial to name our ecological identity and responsibility.
The suffering of Jesus and Others (Palm/Passon A) (Matthew 26: 14--27:66)
Matthew's writing is terse. This hasn't stopped some from imagining grimmer details.
Christianity’s explosive growth in Kenya
A nation’s rapid population growth and its complex religious impacts
A novel about climate change’s impact on all of us
In Gun Island, Amitav Ghosh practices what he preached in The Great Derangement.
A city dweller follows the harvest
Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s spiritual and cultural pilgrimage through the heart of farm country
April 19, Easter 2A (John 20:19–31; 1 Peter 1:3–9)
There's more than one way to taste and see the goodness of God.
10 years into the Affordable Care Act, a pandemic exposes its limits
The ACA never attempted the kind of structural reform our health-care system needs.
Episode 77: Honeyland
Matt and Adam are joined by pastor and beekeeper Kathy Anderson to talk about bees, relationship, sustainability and 2019's Honeyland.
Lamenting with my Jewish neighbors on Tisha B’Av
The Book of Lamentations resonates with the stories of oppressed immigrants and refugees.