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Faith is like laughter. It doesn’t have to be real to have a real effect. 

Go to Google Images and look at some depictions of the ascension. This makes clear how difficult a festival this is for contemporary believers to celebrate.

The Century invited people to comment on their favorite book of the Bible and a book that has helped them appreciate or understand the biblical text.

John of Patmos presents readers of Revelation with fantastical visions of what life could be, just as Dickens does to Scrooge.

This collection is suffused with one of poetry’s most fundamental aims: making meaning out of suffering and loss.

Two Pennsylvania Luth­eran seminaries have dropped plans to dissolve both schools and start a new one as they navigate hurdles in their quest to forge a new institution....

Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and herald of the Catholic social justice movement, died April 30 at age 94....

Matt talks to Tony Robinson, pastor and consultant, about the myth of the “perfect church,” preaching through fallow periods, and congregations sustaining preachers’ faith.

As newly bereaved parents, we hear this all the time. I can’t imagine what you’re going through.

Dementia is graphic. These illustrated narratives draw out insights to provide empathy and healing for caregivers.

The Christians whose ministries are documented in the book of Acts did not know that they were the "early church."

The ancient stories of Genesis bear witness to a created world that is interconnected and has value in God’s eyes.

Our spring books issue includes scholars' recommendations of the best recently published books in Old Testament, theology, and ethics.

As a pastor, it is not unusual for me to hear people speak of their blessings. They may comment to me that they have been blessed, usually referring to what they appreciate in their lives, such as possessions, wealth, position, children, etc. In prayers people sometimes refer to their many blessings, often with similar meaning. What I've never heard is someone including the items that Jesus lists in the Beatitudes.

I have always been intrigued by Lydia. Acts describes her as a worshiper of God, one whose heart has been opened, a dealer in purple cloth, and a woman willing to offer her home for others to stay. She is often associated with images of hospitality in the church.