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Our 10 most-read articles of the 2010s
Jesus and Islam; fascism and fact-checking; is youth ministry killing the church? etc.
Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants benefit everybody
New Jersey just became the 14th state to offer them.
Justice-themed Nativity scenes make a splash
The Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church in California is striking....
Religious Freedom Center plans relocation, expanded programming
With the closing of the Newseum on December 31, the nation’s capital has one less museum, but the Religious Freedom Center that was housed there will continue operations....
More than 10,000 Christians petition Boston College to reject Koch grant
More than 10,000 Christians have signed a petition urging officials at Boston College to reject a potential donation from the Koch Foundation toward the Jesuit university’s political science depart...
Mormons pulling 400,000 youths out of Boy Scouts
For decades, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was one of Boy Scouts of America’s greatest allies and the largest sponsor of troops....
Reform Jews call for slavery reparations
Delegates to the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial meeting in Chicago on December 13 voted overwhelmingly to advocate for the creation of a federal commission to study and develop proposals for r...
Luis Antonio Tagle appointed to head of Vatican evangelization office
In a surprise move, Pope Francis on December 8 appointed Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila as the head of Propaganda Fide, the major Vatican department for evangelization....
Deborah Krause to become first female president of Eden Theological Seminary
Deborah Krause has been named the first female president at Eden Theological Seminary....
Jerry Pattengale appointed interim head of Religion News Foundation
Scholar and author Jerry Pattengale has been appointed interim CEO and president of the Religion News Foundation and CEO and publisher of Religion News Service, a subsidiary of the foundation....
How should the church respond to the colonialism that runs through its blood?
Robert Heaney believes the first step is penance.
The grief of the widows (Matthew 2:13-23)
Grief is like a lead-weighted blanket that can never be fully lifted.
What if we treated all of creation—plants and stars, soil and rivers—as our kin?
Biblical scholar Mari Joerstad and indigenous activist Nick Estes challenge our human-centered worldview.
Our 19 most-read book reviews of 2019
Biblical violence, Rachel Held Evans’s last book, the white church’s complicity, etc.
Our 19 most-read articles of 2019
Myths about racism, the Methodist mess in St. Louis, public theologian Rachel Held Evans, etc.
A congregation’s commitment to live out “We do”
We say these words a lot. Lately I’ve noticed what it looks like when we follow through.
January 12, Baptism of the Lord (Matthew 3:13–17)
Jesus knows he’s part of a history, a people’s longing and dreams.
How did American racism get to this point?
Joel Goza explores America’s addiction to racism and racialized poverty.
Episode 72: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Matt and Adam discuss story, Christmas and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.