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When churches fly like starlings
The birds fly without a designated leader. It takes them about 50 milliseconds to reach consensus.
How Christian was Meister Eckhart?
The eccentric preacher's ideas hover between God's absolute otherness and God's self-revelation in Christ.
Unconverted difference (Acts 2:1-21)
The Spirit affirms our differences, speaking in ways that each of us can understand—yet also drawing us together.
U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem fulfills prophecy for some, causes mourning for others
The day after the embassy move was the anniversary of Israel's founding—a day Palestinians call the catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes.
Edwin Mulder, Reformed church leader, dies at age 89
As general secretary of the Reformed Church in America, he led his denomination in standing against apartheid.
Peter Borgdorff, who brought global Reformed churches together, dies at age 78
Borgdorff was also the first executive director of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
The sacred work of Jerusalem's Mekudeshet festival
When Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate arts and culture, the dividing walls crumble.
Marxism and the New Testament
As Roland Boer and Christina Petterson see it, the Gospels contradict the witness of Jesus about slavery and property.
Children are the church
We miss a lot when we don't invite children's presence and participation in worship.
James Cone looked evil in the face and refused to let it crush his hope
Antiblackness is outrageous, but it does not have the last word.
My kids don’t have school today, and I’m cheering for their teachers
School closures are difficult and disruptive. But this is how public protest works.
Poor People's Campaign engages in 40 days of demonstrations
William Barber II and Liz Theoharis are leading the re-launched national movement, started in 1968.
Take & read: New books in Old Testament
Does biblical scholarship still matter for the life of faith?
Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
Tribalism is natural. It's also destroying us.
Amy Chua considers why we cling to people who look and act like us.
Interfaith efforts move from mere tolerance to deeper partnerships
A coalition of Muslim students highlighting the Jewish roots in Moroccan culture, and an evangelical pastor and imam creating a nationwide grassroots network are among those partnering against extremism.
Interfaith clergy group in Montana counters neo-Nazi hate
A clergy group formed supporting a rabbi in the ski resort town of Whitefish, where white supremacist groups targeted her and other local Jewish people.
June 17, Ordinary 11B (Mark 4:26-34)
My Western side longs for more activity in this parable, but I'm trying to listen to my Eastern side.
Take & read: New books in theology
Theology lives in the space between apocalypticism and Christian Platonism.
Why human rights and global ethics are inadequate concepts
In a globalized world, Michael Ignatieff argues, grand moral values have failed. What's left is virtue.