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Possibilities, not prescriptions
Writing may not cure cancer, but it helps with the side effects.
Christmas hope beyond our fears
I suspect the police officer who shot Walter Scott, and the jurors at his trial, were shaped similarly to how I was as a child in North Carolina.
How should we respond to new media?
Can we begin to incorporate the best practices of decency and truth in our new media? Can we become more adept at incorporating social media into our larger plan as we hold propaganda machines accountable?
A Bible translation for everyone?
It was the all-time paperback best seller. But Good News had its critics.
Christmas picks: Bible edition
Looking for a Bible-related gift for a friend? Here are my recommendations.
A soft landing in Montana
Despite protests, the group persisted in welcoming refugees to their community.
After coup attempt, Turkey cracks down on Protestants
After a weeklong business trip in the U.K., American pastor Ryan Keating was detained at the Istanbul airport overnight, interrogated, and then put on a plane back to London....
Planting garlic at the cusp of the seasons
All hands join in to get 40,000 pungent cloves into the ground.
Good news for the rich and poor (Luke1:46b–55)
What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.
Yemen’s Bahá’ís keep faith amid conflict, crackdown
For 11 days in August, Ruhiyeh Thabet al-Sakkaf and Nafheh Sanai al-Sakkaf shared a jacket and a damp cell at Yemen’s National Security Bureau after armed officers stormed a multifaith youth event ...
Awake and watching this Advent
We need the prophets to unmask power’s seductions.
When liberation theology failed
How a blunder in Argentina can teach us today.
Incarnation in the desert
If God can be born in the wilderness, God can be born in the dry places of our lives.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany calls for a ban of burqas as election nears
In accepting her party’s nomination for a fourth term in office, German chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a speech that took aim at conservative critics of her liberal asylum policies, yet also em...
Bearing God in Advent
As I lifted the chalice, the baby began to play soccer under my ribs.