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Presbyterian-sponsored film traces water crisis in the city of Flint
The movie Flint: The Poisoning of an American City, a production of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s Story Productions, was slated to have its world premiere September 12 in the heart ...
Evicted prompts actions by UCC congregations to keep families housed
The book Evicted and a General Synod speech have inspired United Church of Christ members in Indianapolis to keep two families from losing their home—and to start a fund to do more of the ...
Christians lend an anthem, and a pacifist spirit, to protests in Hong Kong
Since protests began more than 12 weeks ago over an extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trial, the city’s Christian community has taken an active ...
Baptist church calls transgender pastor
Members of an Ohio congregation invited the community to a September 8 worship service officially welcoming as its new pastor one of the few openly transgender Baptist ministers in the US....
Blacks worshiped in own spaces before slavery’s end
On a narrow street in Harlem sits the oldest black church in New York State, one of many black congregations that developed in the decades before slavery ended nationwide and that worked for its ab...
Family caregivers and the different journeys they’re on
The roller coaster, the marathon, and the deep end
September 29, Ordinary 26C (Luke 16:19–31; Amos 6:1a, 4–7)
Conversion narratives raise a question: Why does it take so much to get there?
What made Alexander the Great so great?
F. S. Naiden's biography weaves Alexander's religious proclivities into his well-known martial exploits.
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
Aiming high and falling low (Proverbs 25:6-7; Luke 14:1, 7-14)
Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.
The refugees on my church’s cricket team
How we stopped seeing a destitute “them” and started seeing wicket keepers and off spinners.
Quentin Tarantino’s violent movie about violent movies
In Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, the director delights in both cinema and blood.
What racism is—and how to organize against it
People already engaged in conversations about racial justice may find Ibram Kendi's analysis surprising.
September 22, Ordinary 25C (Luke 16:1–13; Amos 8:4–7)
Jesus is talking to two different audiences.
There’s no good reason to bring back the federal death penalty
The Trump administration and public opinion are moving in opposite directions.
Two-bit hustlers in the church and elsewhere
In Patrick Coleman’s novel, people hurt others with drugs, dollars, and/or Jesus.
In a politically divided church, what’s the preacher to do?
The answer, says Leah Schade, is about dialogue as much as any single sermon.