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Sight to the blind, hearing to the unlistening (Mark 10:46-52)
The crowd's proximity to Jesus does not make them attentive to his priorities.
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
Richard Green serves as interim president of United Lutheran Seminary
“My leadership style is inclusive,” said Green, a lifelong Lutheran.
Slow Burn and The Deuce, two shows for the Me Too moment
Looking at history through questions of power, sexual agency, and morality
The value of God-shaped art
T. S. Eliot and the other modernist theologian-poets knew that artists are makers of worlds.
Internet addiction
What happens if our religious dialogue becomes an endless, insufferable holiday office party, where the mean drunk becomes the focal point of everyone’s energy?
5 times a day, the WeCroak app reminds me that I’m going to die
I liked this, until I didn’t.
Remembering Eugene Peterson the pastor
Gene was deeply rooted in scripture and in a Christ-centered spirituality.
Dead Sea Scroll fragments at Museum of the Bible found to be forged
Close to 70 items that have come on the market since 2002 as Dead Sea Scroll fragments appear to be suspect, one scholar said.
Episode 50: Creed
Matt and Adam are joined by UPenn's Charles Howard to talk Philadelphia, boxing, and Ryan Coogler's film Creed.
December 2, Advent 1C (Luke 21:25-36)
What will it take to break through our numbness?
When Christian practice (de)forms us
Do practices make us better people? Lauren Winner isn't so sure.
December 2, Advent 1C (Luke 21:25-36)
What will it take to break through our numbness?
Eugene Peterson, author of The Message and pastor to pastors, dies at age 85
“I’ve loved being a pastor, almost every minute of it,” Peterson once told the Century.
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What justice for Laquan McDonald could look like
It took public pressure to convict Jason Van Dyke. It will take more pressure to reform the police.
William J. Barber II awarded MacArthur “genius” grant
The Moral Mondays and Poor People’s Campaign leader looks at public policy through the lens of moral values.
The inner circle (Mark 10:35–45)
James and John don’t want power; they want a special level of intimacy with Jesus.
A Jewish and Christian commentary on Luke’s gospel
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington’s dialogue is most illuminating when the co-authors disagree.