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Mary Hinkle Shore becomes rector and dean of ELCA seminary in Southeast
Shore will deepen relationships with congregations and other ministries served by students of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Christ against trolling
The New Zealand shooter, meme culture, and alienation from meaning
Bruised and blessed by scripture
My hermeneutic of suspicion wasn’t enough. I needed a hermeneutic of the hip.
Clergy housing allowance is constitutional, appeals court rules
Leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation argue that the allowance discriminates in favor of ministers.
Robina Winbush, ecumenical and interfaith leader, dies at age 61
Winbush worked for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and with global organizations, “envisioning together how justice can be lived and reflected in the life of the church,” one colleague said.
April 18, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Foot washing expresses John’s vision of communion.
How the American opioid crisis got so big
Two journalists unpack the history, the scale of the epidemic, and who’s to blame
New Zealand mosque shootings prompt vigils and vigilance
Civil rights advocates called for curbing hate speech online, as the perpetrator’s video continued to circulate on social media.
I’m a “church leader” who doesn’t really go to church
I love the church. It's harder to love specific congregations.
We want Century articles to be conversation starters
We’re not asking readers to subscribe to a given writer’s views.
A northerner explores Christianity in the American South
James Hudnut-Beumler profiles churches, ministries, and movements with long-held traditions and potential for change.
Jesus mocks Herod (Luke 13:31-35)
When we hear Jesus retort, “Tell that fox….,” we have to keep in mind the litany of intersections between Jesus, his followers, and the Herodian dynasty.
Do the best biblical scholars love Jesus?
Some questions—as opposed to a categorical judgment—about Joel Green's post
Thinking about the Paul Manafort sentence as a prison abolitionist
Patrick Beadle is serving 12 years after police found medical marijuana in his car. His incarceration doesn't make me feel safer, and neither does Manafort’s.
Disability and the good life
Theologian Shane Clifton rethinks virtue ethics from his wheelchair.
The United Methodist meeting offered no clear way forward. What now?
The UMC, a global church, prides itself on its democratic and decentralized polity. All this shapes its response to LGBTQ couples and clergy.
Knowing and preaching the Jewish Jesus
“If to get a good message you need to make Judaism look bad, then you don’t have a good message.”
Episode 59: Captain Marvel
New name! Same hosts. On this week's Sunday Morning Matinee, Adam and Matt talk memory, assimilation, and Captain Marvel.
Anti-Semitic rhetoric and attacks increasing across Europe
“Our country,” said French president Emmanuel Macron, “like Europe as a whole and almost all Western democracies, is facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism not seen since the Second World War.”
April 14, Palm Sunday C (Luke 19:28-40)
Part of me thinks Palm Sunday worship is all too much—too loud, too celebratory.