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When black women lead
A century before Alicia Garza came Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Violet Johnson, and Florence Spearing Randolph.
Anglicans in Burundi aim for ‘one person, one tree’
In the Anglican Province of Burundi, the church has set a goal of planting 10 million trees—one for each person in the country—during the next five years....
Army now allows soldiers to wear turbans, beards, and headscarves
New army regulations will allow Sikh and Muslim soldiers to wear turbans, beards, and hijabs—the headscarves worn by some Muslim women—under most circumstances....
The real stories behind refugee resettlement
Before the protests of support for refugees at airports this weekend, people were already sharing their lives with their new neighbors.
Can states lead the way on climate change?
California is on track to reduce carbon emissions—through innovation as well as regulation.
Can the world be saved by poetry?
I was skeptical. Then I heard a poet read one of his poems.
New $14 million fund supports historic congregations
The National Fund for Sacred Places aims to help churches raise funds, restore their buildings, and find new community partnerships.
How Paterson sidesteps the clichés embraced by La La Land
Escapism can be delightful. But artistic creation also uses the fodder of daily life.
The fast I chose
Giving up donuts for the sake of cholesterol didn’t bring me closer to God. But it did teach me something about sacrifice.
Scott Black Johnston and Patrick O’Connor, PCUSA pastors, meet with Trump
Scott Black Johnston and Patrick O’Connor, two Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastors whose congregations have ties to the Trump family, met with the president for 20 minutes days before his inaugura...
Our microbes are Legion
My friend Angie’s life is crippled by compulsive acts of decontamination.
Jesus gives his initial sermon (Matthew 5:1–2)
The preacher is still green! Maybe we'll hear something hopeful.
Distracted by our own devices
I’ve become the sort of person who checks her phone constantly. I did not have to go this way.
On social media arguments in the Trump era
Is it worth the time to engage with people who are convinced their version of reality is right?
Christian and Jewish groups form partnerships to care for Holocaust survivors
When Ya’akov Edelstein, an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor, agreed to a bar mitzvah ceremony he never had as a child, he asked that it take place at Haifa’s Home for Holocaust Survivors....
Ethiopian leader promotes role of church in peace building
Eyob Yishak, who coordinates the peace office of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and teaches at Mekane Yesus Theological Seminary in Addis Ababa, was one of several leaders who gat...
Christ the artist, we the portfolio
We are God’s artifacts—beautiful, incomplete, and mysterious.
Why more education can't block the criminalizing gaze at black bodies
I am a black man, and will always be so. Therefore, when I move about in the United States people first see my blackness and not my education. This means ongoing vulnerability because my blackness still is interpreted as criminal through a racialized lens.