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Eliminating food deserts isn’t enough. The nation’s diet problem calls for sustained community attention--and better federal policy.

While Christian scholars have long questioned body-soul dualism, it remains common in church circles. This may finally be changing.

As I reflected on the value of stories last week, I realized it’s also important which stories we tell....

In a recent interview with the Century, Michelle Alexander, the civil rights lawyer and author of The New Jim Crow, wonders about the stigma in many churches attached to people who have been recently released from prisons. “The deep irony,” she says,” is that the very folks who ought to be the most sensitive to the demonization of the ‘despised,’ the prisoners, have been complicit and silent.” But the kinds of conversations that Alexander’s book seems to demand are very difficult to have--in churches and outside them.

On her third album, Shan­non Stephens reins in her chamber-folk experimentalism in favor of a bluesy little band that takes her songs to unexpected places. Her sound remains relatively subdued, yet it grooves and pops and even swaggers.

(ENInews)--A senior Greek Protestant has warned that minority denominations "face disaster" due to the country's worsening economic crisis. ...

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Hani Sarhan is a Christian who says none of his relatives works for Bashar Assad’s regime or has anything to do with it....

Reconciliation requires relocation. To see the effects of our food choices, we have to get close to the land.

After Sen. Rand Paul made an offensive (and unfunny) joke involving the word "gay," Tony Perkins (of the Family Research Council) criticized him: I don’t think it's something we should joke about. We are talking about individuals who feel very strongly one way or the other, and I think we should be civil, respectful, allowing all sides to have the debate. Whaaa? That doesn't sound very hate groupy!

1. According to the gospels, Jesus talked about money and possessions frequently. It seems like it is worthy of more of church leaders’ attention than we give it in our preaching and teaching. 2. People have to deal with money every day. We need to provide more spiritual support for them in their daily lives with money.

New today from the Century: Norman Wirzba on eating in ignorance, Patricia Appelbaum reviews the new book on Howard Thurman, more.

Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt focus on the first half of Thurman’s life, finding there not only the deep and complex roots of his mature works, but also a far-reaching influence on historical events and actors.

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“I find little support for democracy in scripture," says William H. Willimon. "Bishops have power to send because all ministry in Jesus’ name is ‘sent.’”

I got the epidural. As the pain receded, I felt an ache of disappointment settle in.

When I was ten, baseball became the organizing principle of my life. The game taught me that success is rare and precious.

When the pulpits of the nation’s black churches took measure of President Obama’s decision to support gay marriage, the resulting comments were often conflicted....

President Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage opened a torrent of speculation on what his newly enunciated position will mean politically, but the latest polls indicate that the public ...