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In Strasbourg, my husband and I became ecclesiastical two-timers. Once we'd done that, it was easy to become three-timers.

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Episcopal Bishop Kee Sloan of Alabama voted in favor of his church’s new ritual for blessing same-sex unions—but he won’t allow priests i...

The Plymouth Needlers have finished their work: four giant embroideries, each made to a design by legendary illustrator Pauline Baynes.

Every morning on my way to work I drive past the local prison.  It is a surprisingly picturesque facility—lots of big trees for shade and well-manicured green grass, a nice lake beside it with...

New today from the Century: Life on the ecclesiastical frontier, 40 years of needlework, more.

Safety Not Guaranteed tells the story of Darius (Aubrey Plaza), a bored intern at a Seattle magazine. While researching a human interest story about Kenneth (Mark Duplass), a scientist/ store clerk who has placed a newspaper ad looking for a companion to accompany him into the future, Darius finds herself learning valuable life lessons about trust, loss, hope and, of course, love.

c. 2012 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) Despite international pressure -- including support from both U.S....

A federal appeals court has upheld Georgia’s ban on bringing guns into places of worship....

Monsignor William J. Lynn, the first U.S....

The general was insulted by the piddling, muddy Jordan. But he entered the water—and was healed! Then it was time to pay the bill.

I've had a convert's fervor for liturgical worship ever since I stumbled upon an ELCA music position as a recent Wheaton College grad with a very low-church background....

Jesus said “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” Do we believe him?...

New today from the Century: Brueggemann on Naaman, a fourth year of lections, more.

Dhini didn’t ask to be adopted. That's the way grace works.

Like many parents, I’ve ingested my fair share of VeggieTales, and I confess that I have a favorite: the episode in which Larry the Cucumber plays King George, who has an irrational fondne...

When you pray at LA's cathedral, you are part of humanity past, future and in the inglorious, unromanticized present.

While Americans debate contraception coverage, women elsewhere in the world are dying in childbirth (pregnancy is the biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide), despairing because they ...