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Thinking about Good Friday during a pandemic
This year the Solemn Reproaches are speaking to me in a new way.
Prophesy to the breath (Ezekiel 37:1-14) Lent 5A
We practice our faith in the season of Lent so that we know what to do when things get harder.
April 12, Easter Day (Acts 10:34–43; Psalm 118:1–2, 14–24; Matthew 28:1–10)
What kind of faith gets you through 25 years in a refugee camp?
The church out in the world (Matthew 21:1-11)
In October of 1989, word came down from Moscow: the peace prayers in Leipzig must be stopped.
How mainline Protestants got involved in urban renewal
Mark Wild complicates the conventional account of postwar white flight.
The coronavirus pandemic feels like an unending Holy Saturday
We stay home. We look out for others. We wait—but for what?
April 10, Good Friday (Psalm 22; John 18:1–19:42)
Things Pilate cannot touch: creative life, confounding power
Has social distancing put us in a double pandemic?
Loneliness is a public health crisis, too.
Attacking climate change one bank at a time—starting with Chase
It’s time to stop the biggest lenders to the fossil fuel industry.
Christian Wiman’s poems of love and doubt
Massive struggle, intense suffering, and abundant joy
On not getting used to this
My spiritual practices have long been communal ones. I love people—and their presence.
The resource we most need during the coronavirus pandemic is human relationship
Looking for signs of hope when social distancing keeps us apart
Tornadoes take toll on Nashville churches
Tornadoes that destroyed more than 140 buildings on March 3 in Middle Tennessee left their mark on a number of religious landmarks in Nashville....
Trump supporters Jeffress and Falwell change tune on COVID-19 threat
As religious groups nationwide began taking dramatic steps to halt COVID-19, even canceling Sunday services, the initial response from some evangelical leaders who advise President Donald Trump was...
Religious dating apps aren’t safer for women
When Marla Perrin, now 25, first heard about Mutual, the dating app designed for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was thrilled....
Biden faces backlash over staffer with Hindu nationalist ties
Former vice president Joe Biden’s campaign is facing growing pressure to fire a top aide with Hindu nationalist ties....
At UM-Forward gathering, United Methodists consider a new “Liberation Methodist Church”
Some came wanting a new denomination. Others said they prefer, for now, to keep working within the United Methodist Church....
Barbara Harris, first woman ordained in Anglican Communion, dies at 89
Barbara Harris, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated as a bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, died on March 13 at a hospice house after a recent hospitalization. She was 89....