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The gift of relying on others
Briallen Hopper develops an alternative to the twin American creeds of self-reliance and marriage.
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
My holy envy of other faith traditions
How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
March 6, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Often our spiritual practices are one more way we refuse to see that all is grace.
by Winn Collier