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Zambian chief touts adult circumcision
Jonathan Eshiloni Mumena will eagerly tell you about his ivory Star of David ring and the Texas flag on his tie....
The EMTs and my sheep PJs
My husband and I called 911 recently, in the middle of the night, because we were afraid our one-year-old son was having trouble breathing....
Things we should let go
Legend has it that when he was asked to preach in chapel at Luther Seminary years and years ago, Prof....
Friday digest
New today from the Century: Sarah Kenyon Lischer on proof of heaven, Lee Hull Moses on her sheep pajamas, more.
Discernment, by Henri Nouwen, with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird
This is the third in a trilogy of posthumous works reconstructed from Nouwen’s journals and lectures....
Seating chart
In the fifth row first seat there was a slight boy named Matthew. He could not sit still under any circumstances whatsoever.
Moderate churches face a particular challenge
New research predicting the rise of religious progressives and a conservative decline presents a challenge to those in the middle, including moderate Baptists, according to some leading Baptist and...
Disciples’ broad welcome to gays is not a change in policy, says leader
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) approved a resolution at its recent general assembly in Orlando, Florida, that called upon its churches to affirm that no grounds exist to bar Christians ...
Evangelicals critical of ‘silence’ on sexual abuse
More than 1,200 people have signed an online petition decrying the “silence” and “inattention” of evangelical leaders to sexual abuse in their churches....
Lutherans merge seminary, university on West Coast
Though the two campuses are 400 miles apart, California Lutheran University in Southern California will merge with the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley....
Gettysburg museum looks at faith roles in Civil War
When Confederate soldiers bore down on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863, a quiet seminary building atop a ridge was transformed—first into a Union lookout, then a field hospital for 600 wounded so...
Same-gender marriage becomes legal in England and Wales
England and Wales became the 16th and 17th countries in the world to recognize gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave “royal assent” to a same-sex marriage bill....
A jack of just how many trades?
I don’t often take book recommendations. I think far too highly of my own guiding interests....
"Follow your bliss" and other myths about call
These days I know a startling number of pastors and seminary graduates who cannot find jobs in the church....
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Brian Doyle remembers grade school, MaryAnn McKibben Dana on myths about call, more.
Christian humanists
Religious communities have long helped cultivate humanistic practices. We don't often think of ourselves in this way—but what if we did?
Two Catholics featured at hearing on poverty
Sister Simone Campbell, the face of the Nuns on the Bus tours, and Rep....
How the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" became America's hymn
Here’s one thing Presidents Bush and Obama have in common: both had the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” featured at key points in their presidencies....