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Closed New York church finds new life as center for farmworkers
Agricultural laborers often work long hours without overtime or paid days off. They're part of running a new center in Long Island to advocate for their rights.
Supreme Court weighs whether baker may refuse to serve same-sex couple
In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, justices are considering whether creative work—like decorating a cake—is protected free speech.
Can we talk about marijuana at church?
A Bible-belt Presbyterian woman thinks her THC cookies are benefiting her. She also thinks she can't tell anyone.
Angel-quality truth (Luke 1:26-38)
Mary and Elizabeth knew the basic truths of life.
Food truck ministry creates sacred space outside church
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Abundant Harvest ministry near Houston has increased its efforts to feed people and foster community.
Weaving new lives at a refugee camp
A group of women in Nashville found hope through Thistle Farms. Now they're taking a social enterprise project to Greece.
The vocation of Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's beautiful writing, biographer Laura Dassow Walls shows, is scripture waiting to be heard.
Episode 34: Juno
This week Matt and Adam talk with writer, speaker, and pastor Carol Howard Merritt about teenage pregnancy, parenthood, mother Mary, and the 2007 movie Juno.
A Texas church's real talk about guns
What do our baptismal vows have to do with safety?
Poetry grounded in place
Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.
Pope Francis says God doesn’t lead us into temptation. What does the Bible say?
Who tests Abraham, or Jacob, or Jesus—and why?
American Decalogue
Jenna Weissman Joselit reveals how the Ten Commandments have shaped U.S. law and identity.
If Congress can afford corporate tax cuts, it can afford children's health care
Both parties say they support the Children's Health Insurance Program. So why isn't it funded?
What about the brokenhearted? (Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126)
Unabated cultural frivolity rules our churches, too.
Chicago vigil marks Sandy Hook anniversary with local gun violence survivors
“If you are a direct victim of gun violence, you have a right to be heard,” said a grieving mother who has engaged in advocacy with people from Newtown, Connecticut.
A birthday present in the manger scene
We found a small, wrapped box next to Jesus. Should we open it?
January 14, Epiphany 2B (1 Sam. 3:1-20; Ps. 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51)
I like that Jesus isn't actually what the disciples are looking for.
I'm relieved by the Alabama Senate election results. But it hardly feels like a moral victory.
Nearly half of everyone who went to the state's polls voted for Roy Moore—and most of them are Christians. Can I be reconciled with them?
Despite appeals to evangelicals, Moore loses Alabama Senate race
Roy Moore—known for controversial stances on God and government—was defeated by Doug Jones, an attorney who prosecuted a civil rights era church bombing case.
The key of David and other Advent images
Each December we pray for the key of David to come. What does it lock and unlock?