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How the security culture has burdened women
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz shows how the post-9/11 US has intensified control of women’s bodies.
Our problem isn’t just loneliness—it’s species loneliness
How human isolation from the rest of the world keeps us from thriving.
The dirty work of ministry
What two drastically different messages from parishioners taught me
February 9, Epiphany 5A (Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112:1–10; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20)
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
We can protect voluntary prayer in schools without blessing Christian nationalism
(RNS) — When President Donald Trump ...
Questions about seeing (Epiphany 2A, John 1:29-42)
"Look!" says John. "Come and see," says Jesus.
Kindness, kinship, and the boundaries of justice
The virtue of kindness depends on who we see as kin.
Examining whiteness through “reparative writing”
Jess Row asks what happens when alienation turns to rage.
What steps toward peace could Israelis and Palestinians take now?
A noncomprehensive list of realistic, practical actions
How universal is the Force?
The Rise of Skywalker reduces a powerful theological symbol to a family drama.
February 2, Epiphany 4A (Matthew 5:1–12; Micah 6:1–8; 1 Corinthians 1:18–31)
Matthew’s Beatitudes are meant to give comfort, not to challenge.
Episode 73: The Two Popes
Matt and Adam talk about the papacy, the burdens of ministry, and The Two Popes.
China’s attack on the Uighurs and their Muslim faith
Will the US and other nations speak up?
United Methodists plan a split over LGBTQ differences
A diverse 16-member group of United Methodist bishops and other leaders has offered a proposal that would preserve the United Methodist Church while allowing traditionalist-minded congregations to ...
Religious communities respond as bushfires rage in Australia
As people around the world rang in the new decade, Australia continued to burn for a fifth straight month....
LDS Church unlikely to face action from IRS for use of donations
The Mormon world was rocked on December 16 when news broke that a whistleblower had accused the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of misleading members regarding more than $100 billion re...
Vatican ends policy of secrecy in handling of clergy abuse cases
When Pope Francis announced on December 17 that he had abolished pontifical secrecy for cases of clerical sexual abuse, some observers compared the move to a regime opening its secret files, bringi...
UMC pastor retires 'under complaint' after sex abuse allegations
A United Methodist clergyman has retired “under complaint” after facing formal accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse from four women....