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Episode 43: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Adam and Matt talk with Tim Hughes Williams about NBC's live television performance of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Southern California mosques welcome rising number of Latino Muslims
Groups are meeting growing interest through efforts such as Friday prayers in Spanish and #TacoTrucksatEveryMosque events to break Ramadan fasting.
Why this gun-control movement might be different
The March for Our Lives activists are avoiding some of the patterns that have paralyzed previous efforts.
Kate Bowler faces off against cancer and bad theology
Bowler’s memoir honestly confronts the pervasive idea that we get what we deserve.
Linda Brown Thompson, school desegregation pioneer, dies at age 75
The lifelong AME Church member was at the center of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
Humanism with space for God
Ronald Osborn integrates a biblical perspective with humanistic values.
Frank Page, Southern Baptist head, resigns over 'a personal failing'
Page, 65, was known for bridging divides in the 15-million-member denomination.
Pakistani court requires citizens to identify religious affiliation
A high court in majority-Muslim Pakistan recently ruled that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining the civil service, military, or judiciary....
The wisdom of the African Christian practice of reverencing the dead
What would the global church look like if we all honored our ancestors as members of the communion of saints?
The distinctive faith of South America's Quechua Catholics
Ten million people still speak the language of the Inca empire and identify with its culture. Most of them are Christians.
Cleophus Smith, a Memphis sanitation worker and minister, keeps up fight for rights
Smith is one of the surviving workers whose strike brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Tennessee in 1968.
Survey: Protestant pastors see increased church diversity
Pastors are more likely to say their churches are made up of multiple racial and ethnic groups than they were four years ago.
April 29, Easter 5B (Acts 8:26-40; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8)
We are divided. We do not abide each other well.
The formation of Martin Luther King Jr.
Motivated in part by the whitewashing of a radical legacy, Patrick Parr explores King's seminary years and the roots planted there.
What makes A Wrinkle in Time Christian?
Some white Christians have complained that Ava DuVernay’s film is not faithful to Madeleine L’Engle’s book. A lot of people of color, however, have been feeling this movie deeply.
The day I revealed to the other moms that I'm a bad Christian
Of all the things I could have gone donkey nuts over, it was "quiet time" that pushed me over the edge.
Biblical hospitality
Joshua Jipp's book does something few biblical scholars attempt: it offers explicit proposals for the church.
Showing the world our wounds (Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31)
Some people say they don’t identify as Christian because of what they see, or don’t see, in the church.
Learning to embrace the in-between time
Good Friday gives way to Easter. We live our lives on Holy Saturday.