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Once again we have journeyed through Jesus’ death and resurrection—only to be left watching Jesus leave.

In the past week, Kelly Brown Douglas, a black Episcopal priest and religion professor at Baltimore’s Goucher College, joined students as they watched, analyzed and agonized about their city erupting in protest after the death of yet another black man, Freddie Gray, in police custody. On Friday, the Baltimore state’s attorney criminally charged six officers involved in Gray’s death and declared his arrest was illegal.

For more than a week I’ve been reciting Habakkuk in my mind.

If memory serves, this month, as you are nearing graduation, you will be getting a lot of advice from a lot of well-meaning friends, family, and advisers. Unfortunately, it’s often a fair amount of bad advice.

Among those credited with propelling the women’s movement forward in the 19th century, one name is often left off the list....

When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake roared through the Him­alayan nation of Nepal on April 25, it left more than 7,500 dead and more than 14,000 injured....

An Episcopal bishop in Maryland who is facing manslaughter charges in the drunk-driving death of a bicyclist has been defrocked and “will no longer function as an ordained person in the Episcopal C...

In 1998, I drove my parents from Wisconsin to Georgia to visit the new National POW Museum. My siblings couldn't believe I'd agreed to this.

Did you ever make a Möbius strip in grade school or high school? You may have seen one in the woodcuts of M.C. Escher. They are made by taking a strip of paper, say, eight inches long and an inch wide. You hold the two ends, give one a half-twist, then tape the two ends together to form a loop.

I finally tossed the stack of papers into the recycling bin, the post-op instructions we brought home ...

What are the best Psalms commentaries for Christian exposition? Walter Brueggemann and William Bellinger's book deserves a place alongside Clinton McCann and James Mays.

I want the kingdom of God to be civilized. If possible I'd like to be able to keep sleeping in my own bed.

I want the kingdom of God to be civilized. If possible I'd like to be able to keep sleeping in my own bed.

Even though I preached at my father’s funeral, I remembered how meaningful it was for me to sit in the front row between my brother and mother, to sing and pray with them. I wanted to do that again. The next day I changed my mind.

I hide out in the last room I ever thought I would find refuge in. Growing up I would watch my mother buzz around cutting boards, bowls of chopped up vegetables, pots and pans on the stove, stopping over each one to stir or smell the contents. Was she a busy bee or more of a mad scientist?

Clergy sexual misconduct gets the most attention when boundary violations are discussed....

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During a recent tour of the United States, Archbishop Jean-Clément Jean­bart of Aleppo, Syria, described the fighting that erupted Easter weekend, targeting the Christian quarter of the city and ki...

Mary Ann Walsh, 68, a longtime spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Cath­olic Bishops, died on April 28....

"What's going on is a nation-building process. It's similar to what happened at the end of World War I, when major empires were destroyed."