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March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
Why did conservative evangelicals turn against the environment?
It was mostly politics, argues historian Neall Pogue.
Biden administration seeks to rescind Trump-era rule about faith on campus
Does a Trump-era rule protect religious belief of students at public colleges and universities or cause discrimination against...
Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17)
What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.
Learning from the Passover Seder without co-opting it
What wisdom can Christians find in Jesus’ meal-gathering around a religious holiday of his people?
More than 100 faith leaders are trying to prevent Andre Thomas’s execution
Imagine what might happen if they poured that energy into abolishing the death penalty in Texas.
From hateful murmurs to blood libel
Heather Blurton explains the origins and legacy of an outrageous antisemitic lie: the fable of William of Norwich.
In Search of Truth: American History with Peter Choi (S2E2)
“We can’t have a 100 percent completely accurate representation of the past. We’re always going to have some kind of imperfect rendering that still insists on deriving meaning from the past. My sense is that it’s not feasible or desirable to do away with myths. But I think we need better ones and maybe more conversation between myths.”
Popular bishop moves from 'extreme center' of UMC to new Global Methodist Church
Scott Jones isn’t the first United Methodist bishop to join the Global Methodist Church since the theologically conservative d...
Cheap grace in South Africa
Eve Fairbanks traces the experiences of three South Africans to diagnose the country’s unrealized promises.
Stronger than all evil things
She fled her homeland as a child. Years later, she forgave God.
Could churches be prime locations for EV charging stations? One company thinks so.
As more drivers make the decision to switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles, places to power them remain few and fa...
March 5, Lent 2A (John 3:1-17)
Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.
Texas churches discover pioneering Black Episcopal priest's unmarked grave
For decades members of the three Episcopal churches in Galveston, Texas–Trinity,...
When women speak more than truth
She Said and Women Talking examine the collective power of women’s words for a MeToo era.
LCMS president calls for excommunicating White nationalists
The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has called for the excommunication of unrepentant White supremacists in th...
For the first time, Union Presbyterian Seminary will be led by a woman
The Board of Trustees has named Jacqueline E. Lapsley to be the eighth president of Union Presbyterian Seminary....
In Search of Truth: The Bible and Mary Magdalene (S2E1)
“The more I saw in myself, the deeper I went into myself, the deeper I was able to go in the Gospel. It almost felt like the Gospel was showing a wound in the text to me. It felt like a very, almost tender, invitation, saying well, let me show you this. It felt sort of like an invitation saying, can you help?”