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The more I learned about the Disciples, the more I felt this was the church for me. Then, inevitably, I found the skeleton in the Disciples’ closet.

Here are some things I read recently but didn't get around to blogging about: Doctors Without Borders comes to Queens, communion-denial jumps the shark, more.

New today from the Century: Zombies and the resurrection of the body, remembering the Disciples at Jonestown, more.

Whatever else zombies are, they're a parody of Christian hope for the resurrection of the body.

Sister Carol Bernice told me once that when she milks the cows she whispers "Yah-weh" as she alternates hands milking the teats.

As we read about the rise of the spiritual but not religious, how do we respond? Do we think of it as a threat? A challenge? Or do we resonate with the category?

New today from the Century: Meditation while milking a cow, John Lynch reviews Kenneth Serbin, more.

This Ann Arbor–based quartet blends a wide variety of Americana styles. The title track is inspired by a friend who contemplated jumping from a high bridge—but turned back.

For over a thousand years, Christian communities flourished in India. Their first real identity crisis? The arrival of European Catholics.