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This is my blood, donated for you
When my arm is stretched out and blood is trickling out of me, I find myself thinking of Jesus.
What does the cross mean for people with disabilities?
David McLachlan proposes a participatory atonement in which God engages creation’s contingency and vulnerability.
Miriam, Esther, and other biblical non-mothers
Lisa Wilson Davison showcases women who thrive despite—and perhaps because of—their childfree state.
April 17, Easter Day C (John 20:1-18)
Mary has no hand to clutch or shoulder to lean on.
Moments in the middle (Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32)
What comes in between being lost and being found?
A path back together through reading contemplative classics
My students and I are finding our way into the world again with Evagrius, Teresa of Ávila, and Howard Thurman.
Common threads among five prophetic voices of the 20th century
“We turn to Thurman, Bonhoeffer, Day, Heschel, and Niebuhr because they never let us forget the important questions.”
April 15, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Diving into the disciples’ grief invites us to be honest about our own.
Episode 15: Public theologian Christena Cleveland, author of God is a Black Woman
A conversation with public theologian Christena Cleveland about whitemalegod, fatherskygod, her pilgrimage in France, and more
Episode 4: Saying yes to the search with Karen Johnson
“I love this process of searching because oftentimes, we end up finding what we’re looking for but not in the way that we imagined when we started the process—not how we originally thought we would find God.”
Guantánamo and the wages of imperialism
What happens when one country believes it has the right to send troops into another country, impose its will, and abuse the rule of law?
April 14, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.
Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” is about White people’s comfort
When did comfort become our highest aspiration?
American GIs and the chaplains who served them
Kurt Piehler reconstructs the lived religious experience of the World War II battlefield.
Questions, anger follow UMC conference delay
United Methodists reacted to their general conference’s third postponement—this time to 2024—with emotions ranging from outrage to relief....
Russian patriarch responds to WCC general secretary’s plea for peace
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has responded to a plea from Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary for the World Council of Churches, that he use his influence to s...
AME Church suspends pension payments after finding irregularities
One of the nation’s largest Black Protestant denominations has stopped making payments to retired ministers on its pension plan, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal....
Episcopal Church releases Jesus in America study, data shows wide-ranging views
Most Americans see Jesus as an important spiritual figure. More than 30 percent have decreased their participation in religious activities during the COVID-19 pandemic....