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Releasing our grip (Sirach 15:15-20; Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
So often we are trapped by our own imaginations.
Poll: A third of US adults are Christian nationalists
A new survey finds that fewer than a third of adults in the United States, or 29 percent, qualify as Christian nationalists, a...
The skin of Christ
The church is a body: scarred and punctured but feeling its way through the world.
The scandal of the anti-intellectual mind
Why are so many Christians opposed to science and captivated by conspiracy theories?
Becoming a people together
Gordon Lathrop roots his case for in-person worship in scripture and Lutheran tradition.
To be ordained, would-be PCUSA pastors had to interpret the worst story in the Bible
For students hoping to become pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the exegesis exam is already stressful....
California senator announces bill to protect religious practices of incarcerated people
Rami Nsour, an advocate for incarcerated people, has seen firsthand how difficult it can be for those being held in California...
Disguise: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Disguise.”
February 12, Ep6A (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
If God gives growth and growth means change, the implications are broad.
Reclaiming the E word
Evangelism has become a dirty word among progressive Christians. But don’t we have good news to share?
Groundbreaking Episcopal priest Pauli Murray to be featured on US quarters
Pauli Murray, the first African American woman to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church and a pioneer in the struggles ...
Prayers and promises of reform at Tyre Nichols's funeral
Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee, was mour...
The little engine that needed collaborators
Clergy burnout happens when churches expect pastors to do everything and pastors oblige.
What went wrong at Hamline?
The administration’s reaction to a classroom conflict reveals a deeper problem in higher ed.
Missionary of grief
Musician Nick Cave talks to journalist Seán O’Hagan about his son’s death and the pull of love.
Thinking through abortion ethics in the classroom
What if we began with character, my students and I asked, rather than rights?
A health-care system emergency
ER doctor Thomas Fisher writes with moral clarity—and a whiff of hopelessness.