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Preaching on biblical passages about labor and childbirth is important, but it's also dangerous.

The clouds hung over the summit like a wet towel and, as if the bathroom fan were broken, my eyeglasses fogged up....

"Find extremists and hot-heads of the lowest common denominator variety, seed them with weaponry only a few militaries in the world possess - and, well, just see what happens. ...

Can one be both an evangelical and affirming of same-sex relationships? Into this minefield have stepped two new voices, one younger and one older.

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A Pew Research survey finds that U.S....

"I went to college," the man said. "I got one more year, then I go over there and start working."

A 20-year effort to protect gays and lesbians from workplace discrimination is facing a major setback after a coalition of gay rights and civil liberties groups pulled their support because of an e...

My love affair with milkweed began late: just last summer, to be specific....

I found this June NYT article a bit disturbing: some funeral home directors have been placing dead people in lifelike, meticulously personalized poses for their own funerals. It's easy enough to see this as just a continuation of the standard individualistic funeral treatment, honoring people's hobbies and interests.

Chris Smith and John Pattison think that church should be less like a drive-through and more like a sit-down restaurant that grows its own vegetables.

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Worried about global warming, a growing number of churches and other faith groups are divesting their holdings in fossil fuel companies that release large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenh...

Empathy made it big in an era some call the "me generation." By discovering my feelings inside you, even you are about me.

The case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby has received extraordinary attention as a site of struggle between faith and law. The Supreme Court’s decision that businesses may refuse on principle to provide contraception coverage has not been a shining hour for religious freedom. Many observers fear that the ruling will do less to protect that freedom than to expand the power of corporations. Hobby Lobby has overshadowed two other suits this term that offered more compelling instances of conscience in action.

I feel like I have been running a sprint. Ever since I committed to writing this past year, I have searched high and low for nooks and crannies of my life to find space in which to fit this endeavor. Between my part-time job feeding the Brandt Clan, I left myself little margin as every spare moment went into stringing words together on my trusty Mac. I chased this passion until it wore me down a little, encroached on my family life more than a little, and consumed most of my mind.

Taking in refugees, giving asylum—these are things that generous people from a better place do for helpless people from a worse place. But we aren’t actually better.

Ruth Duck takes a balanced approach to liturgy. Her aim is not to champion a single style but to offer a foundation for reflection.

Six words of scripture always transport me to an amazing place: “The kingdom of heaven is like . . .”