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Lawsuit against faith-based schools continues gaining steam
A class action lawsuit accusing the US Department of Education of wrongly allowing discrimination against LGBTQ students at faith-based schools has grown in number of participants and in general su...
First transgender bishop in ELCA resigns
The first transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has resigned amid criticism over the decision to remove the pastor of a Latino congregation on the Feast of Our Lady of G...
Southern Baptists change direction on sexual abuse after years of delay
In summer 2008, Morris Chapman stood before a gathering of thousands of Southern Baptists in Indianapolis for their annual meeting and denounced the evil of sexual abuse....
Adviser to Pope Francis calls resignation rumors ‘cheap soap opera’
In an interview published June 8, Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga dismissed rumors circulating in the media that the pope might resign as nothing more than “a cheap soap opera.”...
Flint pastor builds laundromat to counter ‘hygiene poverty’
The nearest laundry facility to Good Church is technically just under three and a half miles away, but lead pastor Leo Robinson II rounds up....
South African scholar Jerry Pillay elected WCC general secretary
On June 17, South African scholar Jerry Pillay was elected general secretary of the World Council of Churches during the central committee’s first in-person meeting since 2018....
Anthony Poggo named Anglican Communion secretary general
Anthony Poggo, a South Sudanese bishop who was forced with his family into exile before he was a year old, has been named as the next secretary general of the Anglican Communion....
International disability advocate Sarah Newland Martin dies at 75
Sarah Newland Martin, an internationally recognized disability advocate and leader in the Jamaica Baptist Union, died June 8 following complications related to surgery. She was 75....
Roe v. Wade was a compromise
It established a right—a limited one—to make your own decisions in a complex ethical area.
Fall of Roe met with rejoicing, dismay from faith groups
After nearly 50 years, Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, is no more....
The spirituality of slow fashion
I have found joy reusing, recycling, and repairing clothing.
July 24, Ordinary 17C (Hosea 1:2-10)
If Hosea is a factual account, it’s horrific. If it’s an allegory, it’s still horrific.
Our Lady of La Vang
The power of the Virgin Mary for Vietnamese Catholics—at home and in diaspora
How Christians in Korea helped build American evangelicalism
Helen Jin Kim exhumes the Korean roots of three major evangelical organizations, all present at a 1973 Billy Graham rally in Seoul.
Luke Timothy Johnson’s scholarly life
The prolific biblical scholar offers an engaging account of his career—and of the spiritual journey that helped shape it.
Threshold: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “threshold.”
July 17, Ordinary 16C (Luke 10:38-42)
I wonder whether Martha could feel cared for by Jesus.
Embracing Marc Chagall’s refugee Christ
The painter’s Exodus calls to mind the Passover, the Shoah, Ukraine, and the southern border.
Elijah’s needs (1 Kings 19:1-15a)
The prophet exhibits all four HALT states at once in 1 Kings 19.