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QAnon moms
The infiltration of online parenting spaces began as a slow burn. During the pandemic, it’s picked up speed.
May 15, Easter 5C (Acts 11:1-18; John 13:31-35)
Peter is hardly the first person to challenge the status quo because of something God told him in a dream.
Three reasons gerrymandering is bad for democracy (no matter who does it)
It’s not just about an overall partisan advantage.
Know Your Mothers project returns
After Cara Quinn became a Christian in her early 20s, she began wondering where all the women were....
California activists seek to preserve church land acquired by early Japanese immigrants
The words “Jesus Lives” are emblazoned across a dilapidated, unoccupied structure in Orange County. The building’s windows are boarded up....
Places of worship tackle the affordable housing shortage
The 90-year-old Southeast Tabernacle Baptist Church has been a spiritual refuge in Ward Eight in Washington, DC, for decades....
UMC pastor honors Black church with Simon of Cyrene musical
Henry Masters has a thing for Simon of Cyrene....
Orthodox Jewish women scholars’ growing authority recognized in publishing
According to the Talmud, the first instructions on how Jews should celebrate the holiday of Purim were set down by one of its founders: Queen Esther, who with her cousin Mordechai helped save the J...
Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as US antisemitism envoy
Following an eight-month delay, on March 30 the US Senate unanimously confirmed noted antisemitism scholar Deborah Lipstadt to be the State Department’s special envoy to combat and monitor antisemi...
Hymnist Thomas Troeger dies at 77
Influential preacher and hymn writer Thomas Troeger died from complications related to cancer on April 3. He was 77....
Famed communicator Jean-Jacques Bauswein dies at 78
Jean-Jacques Bauswein, one of the founders of the news service Ecumenical News International, died on March 30. He was 78....
Craving hope (Isaiah 65:17-25; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26)
We live between variants; we also live between Advents.
Giving women a voice at the seder table
Poet and liturgist Marcia Falk attempts to correct the gender bias of the traditional Passover Haggadah.
Episode 16: Sacred Attention | A conversation with Cole Arthur Riley
The creator of Black Liturgies has written a best-selling book about finding the sacred in her own skin.
The mystical significance of Jesus’ resurrection
We don’t need to debate the possibility of a reanimated corpse. We need to reimagine our whole understanding of the material world.
Episode 7: Thirsting for God with Wendy Farley
“Our whole life is really about desire.”
A redefined relationship (Hebrews 10:16-25)
How can we approach hope as we draw near to the cross?
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the monster of Whiteness
Unmasking and slaying our Promethean desire for mastery
May 8, Easter 4C (Acts 9:36-43; John 10:22-30)
Tabitha’s community embraces her in her season after loss.
Learning from Passover without co-opting it (Exodus 12:1-14)
How can these values be lived out in our traditions and in our assemblies?