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I'm away this week at the joint gathering of the Associated Church Press and the Religious Communicators Council....

We pull out all the stops on Easter.  So do you, I'll bet.  We have the flowers, and the music, and the crowds....

In her 2005 novel Baker Towers, Jennifer Haigh introduced readers to Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a town named after the coal mines that sustain it. In News From Heaven, Haigh explores Bakerton again.

Nearly 50 years ago, Bob Dylan romped through a century of American warfare in his song “With God on Our Side.” From killing Indians to developing nuclear weapons, in Dylan’s view Americans acted with the hubris of knowing they had divine approval. After all, “You never ask questions / When God’s on your side.” Dylan’s verses didn’t mention the Revolutionary War, but they just as well could have. 

St. Francis and St. Clare's witness was possible only in a world full of grace. Frank and Claire Underwood's story is plausible only in a world stripped of it.

Jonathan Rieder surveys the events that gave rise to King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and offers a fresh perspective on the letter's substance.

One of my favorite lines in Hamlet is the prince’s reminder to Horatio, who is uncertain what to make of a ghost, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in...

Most media representations of the biblical story are too literal. In the effort to get the story's details right, the storyteller misses the point.

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It’s just after 6 a.m. when I pull into the church parking lot. It’s still dark, and the steady rain makes me glad we decided to hold the sunrise service inside....

New today from the Century: John Buchanan on The Bible, Lee Hull Moses on arriving to church early on Easter, more.

Since Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, has been urging us to lean in, conversations have been buzzing about what it means to be a feminist. I’m always thankful for the opportunity to revisit the question.

Several GOP governors have made plans to go along with Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid. This is very good news.

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Not long ago I had a small epiphany at the airport. I was removing my jacket and boots, attempting to unzip my carryon and extract a laptop while checking my pockets for metal and nudging gray plastic bins toward a conveyor belt. I was trying not to hurry the person in front of me or delay the person behind, who waited grimly with shoes in one hand and an iPad in the other. I started to laugh.

One hears a lot, these days, about the virtues of doubt....

New today from the Century: the editors on Obamacare and Medicaid, Ryan Dueck on doubting doubt, more.

c. 2013 Religion News Service (RNS) If heading a religious community is a lonely job for any woman, a Catholic Womenpriest might be the loneliest of all....

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