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Queen and Slim challenges assumptions about race, justice, and what matters
Melinda Matsoukas’s film rolls terror and hope into one story.
A lapsed Catholic’s unexpected devotion
Searching for the Mary statue from her childhood, Sonja Livingston found much more.
January 6, Epiphany of the Lord (Matthew 2:1–12)
Genealogies suggest a beautiful inevitability even amid political impossibility.
Jia Tolentino’s critique of social media, its grip on us, and the people it makes rich
Our lives are shaped by the information we consume—and we can’t do much about it.
In Advent and Christmas, desolation and consolation reside together
This time of year, our inner landscapes can seem as bleak as the outer ones.
Has family become an idol?
The Bible gives no sense that the family is an end in itself.
Episode 71: It’s a Wonderful Life
Matt and Adam talk sacrifice, small-town life, Christmas movies, and the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life.
Buttigieg hopes to woo black voters
In his visit to a predominantly African American church, Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic presidential candidate from Indiana, made sure to arrive early and to bring his Bible with him....
AME Church relaunches voter education program
In December, the African Methodist Episcopal Church announced the relaunch of AME Voter Alert, its voting awareness campaign....
It’s immoral even to possess nuclear weapons, says pope
Pope Francis’s view on nuclear weapons can be summed up in a few simple words.
Just say no....
As Americans become less religious, the role of chaplains may grow
Donna Mote regularly accompanies military personnel escorting the caskets of fallen service members through Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where she serves as a chaplain....
Legal think tank looks at religious liberty advocacy on the left
Christian conservatives have unfairly co-opted religious liberty as their political issue, says a new report from the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School....
WCC group commits to action on climate change
On December 10, the World Council of Churches’ Interfaith Liaison Committee presented the UN’s climate change summit with a declaration of its commitment to climate justice....
George Clements, noted Catholic priest, dies at 87
George Clements, a civil rights activist whose life was turned into a made-for-TV movie after he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child, died November 25 at age 87....
LGBTQ pioneer Louie Crew Clay dies at 82
Louie Crew Clay, a longtime advocate for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Episcopal Church, died on November 27 at age 82 with his husband by his side, according to Elizabeth Kaeton, a cl...
Deon Johnson named bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
Deon Johnson, an openly gay man, has been elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri. He will replace George Wayne Smith, who retires this spring after 18 years as bishop....
If Trump is impeached, it will be hard for Senate Republicans to vote to convict him
They need to do it anyway.
Does Matthew correct Mark’s story? Or complete it?
Matthew D. C. Larsen challenges long-held assumptions about the Gospels.