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Is there any chance that people will not sin?

"While Israel has more interfaith activity pro-rata than anywhere else in the world, all such activity involves a tiny percent of the population."

One rabbi noted that almost all heads of U.S. churches have visited Israel. And many of them have rethought attempts to convert Jews.

The faculty heard about a large influx of Saudi students on campus. I didn't expect to find them all in my world religions class.

In this life, sanctification is gradual and difficult. Why would it be different in the life to come?

For decades, community health clinics existed on the margins of the health-care world. Now they're critical to the system.

Hymnbooks offer songs from many cultures and genres. But trying new music can be a risky venture for leaders and congregations alike.

We found the scatter of rusted shards at the edge of a swamp. It reeked of death, in a cold, metallic way that only human beings would inflict.

Painter Sawai Chinnawong saturates the outpouring of the Spirit with the colors Thai art traditionally associates with the holy.

Listening itself has a sacramental dimension. When a family gathers around a hospital bed, it becomes a sort of communion table.

When you grow up with a grandmother who insists that you thank the hens every time you gather their eggs, gratitude becomes second nature.

Interfaith couples can connect to their traditions and find commonality through symbols, such as a strand of rope that signifies unity and strength.

In a culture of personalized weddings, is a very liturgical ceremony simply the church nerd's niche? Or might it function as a corrective?

I realized that she wasn't looking for my help finding a way out of officiating her friends' wedding. What she wanted was my blessing.

“When I started out I was focused on whether God was or was not out there. Now I am much more comfortable with ambiguity.”

In science, when negative data isn’t reported, the result is a silence that silences. A life-saving drug or a new discovery may be missed.

A story of Christian life is incomplete if it ignores material things. If we reorient our gaze, we can see faith through embodied practices.

The content of Zionism Unsettled does a disservice to the church and damages its ability to play a role in bringing about peace.

It’s been seven years, and I cannot access Jesus' word of peace. The tears still sting and slosh over my pail of remorse.

Churches helped usher in a new era of South Sudanese politics. As the conflict continues, leaders are again seeking to be peacemakers and prophets.