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One year when I was between interim gigs I got a job at Macy's. My training there wasn't unlike church outreach training.

"Lutheran churches in Russia have an opportunity to be a church not of priests and charismatic leaders who know all the answers, but of a living people, seeing God's righteousness amidst all the unrighteous kingdoms."

The resurgence of religious life since the collapse of communism has greatly benefited the Orthodox Church. Protestant churches are few and far between.

At first, Mandy was hesitant to come to the children's moment. Before long, some people thought she had become too comfortable in worship.

It is no surprise that the most active and decisive character in this case, the instigator of this current conflict and the harbinger of change, is a three-year-old.

The teachers in Animate are excellent. But I'm not sure that the cumulative impact of the video series is excellent.

In a major hymnal, an unauthorized edit is an embarrassing oversight. In the local church, it's pretty routine.

Each Tuesday in San Rafael, we experience what it looks like to stop fighting over scraps and instead offer one another something substantial.

I associate with a lot of liberals who are not people of faith. Few of them have any idea what churches are doing to serve their communities.

Before the jihadists fled Timbuktu in February, they burned the city's ancient manuscripts. Except all the ones the residents hid.

A few friendly pointers

Turkey may be a model for the rest of the Middle East, but the country faces deep problems. And religion is not at these problems' core.

Liberalism's collapse was so dramatic that most theologians distanced themselves from the tradition, as if to avoid infection. But now the dust has settled.

Roberta insisted that although her first husband had abused her, Hank had never hit her. Neither Ian nor Abigail believed these assurances.

In the Bible, forgiveness involves repayment of what is owed. One way to pay down the debt is through charity to the poor.

"The school believes that there is no way for Islam to grow in this country unless Muslims build institutions that approach the culture with openness."

Believers and nonbelievers alike are often reticent to talk about religion. Yet many people long for such conversations.

The Protestant was sitting alone at a table in the far corner. I assumed it was because no one else spoke Protestant.

“Time in its aging course teaches all things,” wrote Aeschylus. No one learned more from it than Robert Bellah.