Features
Why we wassail
Two vibrant Anglican congregations in Winnipeg
The great drama of the trinitarian hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy”
Writing about faith in the golden age of television
How Arvo Pärt speaks prayer into a secular world
Books
Bridging the gulf between conservative Christian colleges and the arts
Does immersion in secular music and literature strengthen faith? Does it destroy it?
When illness undoes us
Deanna Thompson's book about cancer takes us where we don't want to go but must.
All identities are intersectional
Identity markers are necessary, argues Kwame Anthony Appiah. They're also inadequate.
What created the unnatural disaster in Flint
Mona Hanna-Attisha and Anna Clark explore the crisis from inside and out.
Departments
The endurance of the Mayan people
The residue of Christ in the world
It’s easy to mistake humility for humiliation
Elijah Fed by the Ravens, by Cody F. Miller
Signs in the fiery California sky
News
Clergy visits give hope to ICE detainees, but access is inconsistent
All prisoners in the United States have religious rights, undocumented or not. But human rights groups and a government inspector report concerns at various ICE detention centers, such as the right to worship being denied or disrupted.
Mark Jobe to become president of Moody Bible Institute
Jobe comes to the school a year after all three top leaders resigned amid tensions around the school’s theological standards, finances, and treatment of students of color.
Is religious intensity in the U.S. declining? Sociologists disagree
At the heart of the debate is a question: Is American religion exceptional?
Christian leader resigns as former staff describe “toxic masculinity” in workplace
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders also rescinded their recommendation of a book by Noel Castellanos, former president of the Christian Community Development Association, for church members to read and discuss.
Churches use advocacy, small loans to fight predatory lending
Frederick Douglass Haynes III, a pastor in Dallas, saw two dozen payday loan and car-title loan stores open in a five-mile radius in his community.
Sanctuary church, supporters resist arrest and deportation of congregant
Samuel Oliver-Bruno was tackled by ICE agents while at a government office applying to stay in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds—and deported a week later.
Nelson Chamisa, former pastor, continues to contest election of Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa
Religious leaders have called for peace. Some wish they were calling for a new vote.
Lectionary
