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During the earliest years of my ministry I served as a hospital chaplain, shepherding both religious and non-religious patients and families through the worst days of their lives....

The "traditional family" used to provide stability and comfort. Was it all an illusion?

At Cana, Jesus asks Mary, "What is this to me and to you?" It is very important that the church hear this question.

As I drive past boarded-up churches, I am more convinced than ever that many congregations could afford to revisit their neighbor ethic.

At Cana, Jesus asks Mary, "What is this to me and to you?" It is very important that the church hear this question.

We see. We taste. We touch. We smell. We hear. To be human is to move through time and space guided by our senses. Reading this passage from Luke, I think about the sensory onslaught that defines my existence.

Top-notch preaching is what attracts most people looking for a new place to pray....

Never before has a U.S. stamp celebrated anything Hindu. But coming soon to a post office near you: a stamp marking the Hindu holiday of Diwali....

George Emery Mendenhall, who made pioneering contributions to the field of biblical studies, died August 5 at age 99 at his home in Ann Ar­bor, Michigan....

Two intriguing entertainment venues have recently opened in downtown Asheville, North Carolina: Conundrum and Breakout. They use virtual reality and other technologies to create adventures of escape, journeys from lost to found, and mysteries to explore.   Participants assume new identities as hostages, questers, secret agents, or detectives.

Twenty years ago this week, President Clinton signed a bill that replaced the federal government’s traditional cash welfare program with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, aka welfare-to-work. Has this been a success? That depends on your criteria, on what it is you want a welfare program to do.

The delight I felt while reading this book needs further interrogation, because its stories deal with troublesome subjects.

Does the use of drones meet just war criteria? That depends on how you define your terms.

Aaron Billard posted this article to Twitter yesterday, as he ch...

“White privilege is your history being taught as a core class and mine being taught as an elective,” wrote a tumblr user in February of 2014. This claim illustrates how education sins in its ignorance. Latin American liberation theologians taught that sin consists not only of personal misdeeds—it is also embedded in social structures that promote harm and inequity. 

In the midst of the rusty shanties of Nairobi’s Kibera slums, the Holy Trinity Anglican Church stands out in bright yellow....

James calls Abraham a “friend of God.” In this week’s reading from Exodus, Moses presumes upon a similar divine friendship to offer God advice.

Princeton Theological Seminary's farm grows food. But this isn't the main point.

I began hearing the question in seminary. It became louder as I started writing. “Who will be the next Reinhold Niebuhr?” In 1948, Niebuhr was on the cover of Time Magazine....