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The great drama of the trinitarian hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy”
The beloved song can contain God’s glory no more than the scripture it’s based on.
Robert Jones, religion researcher, wins a Grawemeyer award
Jones received the honor for his book The End of White Christian America.
Airbnb announcement that it would drop West Bank properties sparks charge of anti-Semitism
The company gives Crimea as another disputed territory where it has removed listings. Critics pointed to other areas under occupation—such as northern Cyprus—where it has not.
Writing about faith in the golden age of television
“If you want to make a room full of liberal, compassionate people turn on you, talk about God in an unironic way.”
Don’t let God’s word bypass you (Luke 3:1-6)
John is set ablaze. What about all the other characters in the Gospels?
Clergy visits give hope to ICE detainees, but access is inconsistent
All prisoners in the United States have religious rights, undocumented or not. But human rights groups and a government inspector report concerns at various ICE detention centers, such as the right to worship being denied or disrupted.
All identities are intersectional
Identity markers are necessary, argues Kwame Anthony Appiah. They're also inadequate.
Do you hear what I hear?
Having my birthday in Advent makes me wonder: What if Jesus had grown old and dealt with changes like hearing loss?
Mark Jobe to become president of Moody Bible Institute
Jobe comes to the school a year after all three top leaders resigned amid tensions around the school’s theological standards, finances, and treatment of students of color.
The residue of Christ in the world
Jesus may be as close as a plastic bobblehead or a dried-out palm frond.
How Arvo Pärt speaks prayer into a secular world
The composer sees his music as an interplay between suffering and consolation, loss and hope.
December 24 and 25, Nativity (Luke 2:8-20)
Mary gives us permission to pause and ponder what we hear.
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12 )
The wise men remind us that stargazing always involves politics.
Episode 53: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
On this week’s episode, Matt and Adam talk death, the wild West, Advent, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
January 13, Baptism C (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Acts 8:14-17)
About that baptism by fire
It’s easy to mistake humility for humiliation
The saints are so big on humility that sometimes the line seems fuzzy.
What created the unnatural disaster in Flint
Mona Hanna-Attisha and Anna Clark explore the crisis from inside and out.
Is religious intensity in the U.S. declining? Sociologists disagree
At the heart of the debate is a question: Is American religion exceptional?
Learning to love our church’s (expensive) steeple
At first I resented the costly repairs. Then I took a closer look.
Let the apocalyptic be what it is (Luke 21:25–36)
Trust your hearers. Trust the Spirit.