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September 22, Ordinary 25B (Mark 9:30–37)
Rather than rebuke the disciples, Jesus takes a little child by the hand.
Gods who make worlds
By definition, epic fantasy involves a world with a creator. Tad Williams’s Osten Ard is the best since Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
A preacher’s (well-bridled) tongue (James 3:1-12)
When is a pastor obliged to speak about their own theological shifts? Or obliged not to?
A posture of hope
No, everything is not fine. But we can help each other envision a better way.
Former SBC seminary president ends defamation suit without financial settlement
The defamation lawsuit brought against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by the school’s former president, Adam M....
Written by the oppressor, sung by the oppressed
James Walvin traces a beloved American hymn on its winding journey across racial divisions through the centuries.
How can a congregation change its culture?
It helps to focus less on structure and instead envision the church as an organism.
Gammon, the UMC's only Black seminary, is finding its future
The day before a low-key August 15 ribbon-cutting for a new student lounge at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, the rest of the building was still a work in progress....
Which church is dying?
The church of empire might be. But I’m not ready to call time of death on the mystical body of Christ.
September 15, Ordinary 24B (James 3:1–12)
As a preacher, I used to worry that people don’t listen to me. Now I worry that they do.
Finding ourselves in a Nigerian war novel
Chigozie Obioma offers a narrative that transcends bullets and politics.
National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
After an unusual election that gave voters the choice on the ballot of a name or a “no,” members of the National Baptist Convention, USA, lined up behind a new president, Boise Kimber, senior pasto...
Can Jesus lose an argument? (Mark 7:24-37)
In Mark 7, a Syrophoenician woman is apparently able to win one with him.
Women posing problems
In the gospels and in the world today, women get in the way and make the world new.
Readers Write
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the word Source.
Pauli Murray Center to celebrate grand opening of trailblazing priest's childhood home
The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice on September 7 will celebrate the ...
New lawsuit asks why nonprofit newspapers can endorse candidates but churches can't
A group of evangelical broadcasters who hosted Donald Tru...
A novel about (not) writing an essay
Rosalind Brown’s debut novel could be understood as a midrash on Montaigne’s metaphor of the mind as runaway horse.