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DIAKONIA World Federation reelects president at global gathering
Sandy Boyce's talk, “Visions for the Future,” encouraged following the example of the pastor who founded the modern deaconess movement.
Collars on the Corner offers prayers on the streets of Milwaukee
Ecumenical clergy reach their neighbors where they are—outside of church buildings.
Researchers identify author of tenth-century biblical text
The ancient codex contains Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings.
Creating a feminist world
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie captures the complexity of gender—and suggests simple ways to negotiate it.
Speaking truth to power in Beatriz at Dinner and Fargo
The characters Beatriz and Gloria model resistance against powerful, immoral blowhards.
A deeper, wiser story (1 Kings 3:5–12)
The left/right/center narrative helps us avoid difficult work.
To preserve Jewish heritage, Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue
The push is in line with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s attempts to emphasize Egypt’s diversity in response to attacks on minority groups.
The church's history—and future—in the world's largest megacity
In the Pearl River Delta, Christianity is more than just a memory.
Muslim Americans worry about discrimination but profess faith in the American dream
Many U.S. Muslims have been mistreated because of their religion, but nearly half say they have also received support for that reason.
The way out of partisan gerrymandering
Beyond the current Supreme Court case, there are deeper problems—and possible solutions.
Colonial Americans suffered under a two-tiered justice system. Later they created one.
Since before the revolution, punishment has depended on who’s being punished.
After Trinity Lutheran, a state court case looks at public funds being given to churches
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Missouri case may affect a court in New Jersey looking at similar questions of church-state separation.
Pilgrims together on St. Cuthbert's Way
Every step of my sister’s pilgrimage was a prayer, and I tried to follow in the path she made.
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13-20)
Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?
Metal detectors at Jerusalem Temple Mount cause clashes
Thousands of Muslims prayed in alleys and streets rather than inside Al-Aqsa Mosque. Then police used force against demonstrators.
Eritrean Orthodox leader continues to be detained after a decade
Patriarch Antonios, who is 90 and has diabetes, has been denied medical care.
Saul, David, and the morality of power
How shrewdly the drama of mixed motives, mixed loyalties, and mixed feelings unfolds.
Ecclesiastes for the ecclesia
A wisdom ecclesiology embraces the church’s earthly context—but without romanticizing it.
What does a prophet look like?
Albert Raboteau profiles seven people who shaped the theology and practice of activism in 20th-century America.