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4 gifts Rachel Held Evans gave us
Rachel grasped the true arc of Christianity: that death comes before life, that doubt comes before belief, that the gospel comes to us in a world that is sick.
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer and speaker, dies at age 37
Evans’s books A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Searching for Sunday, and Inspired traced the evolution of her faith.
The Philippines is 80% Catholic. President Duterte is ferociously anti-Catholic.
How on earth did this happen?
J. Peter Sartain to retire as archbishop of Seattle and Paul Etienne to step into role
Sartain, who is in poor health, had requested a coadjutor archbishop serving alongside him in a transition period. Pope Francis chose Etienne.
UMC court ruling upholds restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and couples
In a separate ruling, the Judicial Council upheld an exit plan that allows churches to leave the denomination with their property.
The Best of Enemies is a movie centered on one white man’s conversion
Personal conversion is part of social change, but we can’t end our stories there.
Becoming a neighborhood church
The separate spheres of our lives, and the imagination it takes to forge deeper community
Sudanese Christians join popular protests, call for religious freedom
Members of Sudan’s Christian minority have taken a prominent role in the demonstrations that began in December.
A personal narrative of addiction and the culture that birthed it
Leslie Jamison weaves cultural critique into her memoir about alcohol and creativity.
Church security and the risks of hospitality
My church has Fort Knox-level safety protocols. Why?
Response to mass shooting at California synagogue emphasizes shared humanity
“We are all created equal,” said the pastor of the Presbyterian church where the 19-year-old shooter is a member.
May 26, Easter 6C (John 5:1-9)
Like a girl jumping double dutch, Jesus has perfect timing.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics lapse and feet.
Episode 62: Avengers: Endgame
Matt and Adam talk with guest Eric Barreto about redemption, apocalypse, and Avengers: Endgame
Religious services canceled after Sri Lanka church bombings
“What was attacked was Sri Lanka’s strained but still living tradition of inter-religious and inter-ethnic cooperation and friendship,” wrote one NGO leader.
25 years after the Rwandan genocide, Denise Uwimana tells her story
A memoir about survival and the theological questions it raises
See the asylum seekers’ wounds and believe
At the border, survivors of violence present their scarred bodies as testimony.
Walk a mile in the preacher’s $5k sneakers
Does a desire for nice things have anything to do with the gospel?