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Third spaces and more (John 2:13-22)
Churches often live in an uneasy relationship with their property.
Showing up for church when I don’t want to
When I show up, God shows up—although not always in the sermon.
UMC alternative worship group hosts first national gathering
Nowadays a brew pub or a website may be a more effective place to seek God than a church....
Christian life in The School of Athens
My upbringing made me a Platonist. Motherhood made me an Aristotelian. I never left either behind.
Speaking of death
Christians have an opportunity to eschew euphemisms and talk honestly about mortality.
Pentecostals laboring in the field
Lloyd Barba shows how Mexican farmworkers established a viable life in the face of California’s industrial agriculture machine.
The women around Augustine with Kate Cooper (S3:E3)
“This is an enslaved girl in Africa in the fourth century. Just talk about lost voices. And yet this child is literally creating the theological groundwork for the greatest of Latin theologians”
In search of Rumi’s live heart
Looking for an Arabic translation of a favorite line, I found myself on a treasure hunt.
Too old to be president?
Critics of Biden’s memory slips fail to mention any of the positive traits associated with aging.
Faith leaders renew push for 'accurate' Black history education in Florida
Faith leaders in Florida and their supporters are redoubling efforts to ensure Black history is taught widely and truthfully in reaction to the state’s rejection of an Advanced Placement course on ...
Social gospel heroes?
Janine Drake identifies ulterior motives in the church’s collaboration with labor in the early 20th century.
March 3, Lent 3B (John 2:13–22)
Whatever Jesus is attacking, it isn’t the practices of the people coming to the temple to worship.
The Episcopal Church takes steps to improve protocols for bishop misconduct
After months of allegations that it lacks a credible process for disciplining its bishops, the Episcopal Church is taking steps to make it simpler to report misconduct, Presiding Bishop Michael Cur...
Texas attorney general moves to shut down Catholic migrant shelters
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a volun...
The very real sham marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane’s remake is in some ways the inverse of the 2005 original.
A lament psalm without lament (Psalm 22:23-31; Mark 8:31-38)
Lament psalms typically move to trust at some point, but reading only those verses feels strange in Lent.
Spending Lent with people in recovery
In the company of church members in recovery from addiction, I’m feeling more open to the doctrine of original sin.
Nuns alleging abuse by former Jesuit Marko Rupnik plead with Francis for investigation
Ex-nuns who say they suffered abuse at the Loyola religious community co-founded by former Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik asked Pope Francis during an emotional news conference Wednesday to investigate...
The Samaritan Woman’s Well of Interpretation with Caryn Reeder (S3:E2)
“Sin is not part of the story.”