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A toast to Ramanuja
Martin Luther isn’t the only theologian for whom we celebrate a major anniversary this year.
Prayer works—but not in the way so many suppose
I'm facing terminal cancer and receiving the prayers of many. Beyond the implicit problems, I've found ways to see what it means to ask God for healing.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Don't repeal the Johnson Amendment, fix it
We should limit political activity by churches—but not speech from the pulpit.
Practical wisdom from the business world
Heather Bradley and Miriam Bamberger Grogan offer a hard-working playbook for addressing ministerial overload.
Abundance and limits (Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7)
Like the first humans, I am far from divine.
Run the Jewels and the burden of prophecy
What counts as truth in a post-truth world? Run the Jewels 3 makes the case that truth sounds like rap music.
Wilderness life
In my three-year sojourn with cancer, I’ve faced fears, limits, and questions of who I am now that I can't be a pastor in the ways I once was.
The housed, the homeless, and the right to be somewhere
Faced with someone trying to deny me shelter from the rain, I thought, are you kidding?
Is the Reformation over? Yes and no.
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
The measure of our days (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
It's hard for me to grasp that mortality is my fate, too.
What can the church learn from a Starbucks barista?
His effect on the people gathered for their morning coffee dazzled me. It felt like we'd been transformed into better versions of ourselves.
A refugee’s gift
In offering another refugee his citizenship, Chuong Nguyen is not submitting a transactional sort of sacrifice. He is giving a gift of selfless love.
Inventing a voice for Louis Till
John Edgar Wideman counters the official record of Emmett Till’s father with a more empathetic version.
The flourishing church
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more popular word in evangelical circles today than flourishing. But are the churches described that way avoiding complexity?