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I used to picture humility as a door I was afraid to open. I never thought of it as an itinerary to holiness.

At the 2009 G8 conference, $22 billion was pledged to agricultural development and food security. This year it was only $3 billion.

The developed world's negligence has produced one of Africa's cruelest ironies: its farmers are its hungriest people.

Public and private efforts to meet human need aren't squared off in a zero-sum game. And there's more than enough work to go around.

Recently I was called from a larger church to a smaller church. It's not the usual order of things.

Regular churchgoing does not make you a friend of death. But if you sit in the pews long enough, you cannot help getting acquainted.

"Ecumenical leaders of the 1960s took a series of risks," says historian David Hollinger, "asking their constituency to follow them in directions that many resisted."

The Jordan River is too shallow for Michael to row across, and the shore is a stinking pile of sludge. But something redemptive is happening.

Predatory lenders often exact fees at a rate equivalent to an annual rate of 300 to 800 percent. Grace Period offers an alternative.

In a runoff election for president, Christians are stuck between the rock of Mubarak's prime minister and the hard place of the Muslim Brotherhood.

"More than ever, people are building interfaith marriages," says Joyce Shin of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. "Too often, religion is seen as an impediment to this instead of as a resource."

After ten years, the ICC has convicted someone: Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga. But why does the court only investigate situations in Africa?

Experts say mentoring works best one on one. But Lewis Haley found such a need for mentors that he bent the rules.

Our church tried endless varieties of adult ed opportunities and midweek services, but people didn't come. So we canceled them—all of them.

In a place where the religious other quite recently meant the invading army that killed your father, Pontanima's work is remarkable.

Though comprehensive sex ed is effective, fear of controversy keeps many schools from implementing it. But support may be gaining ground.

When Nicole Chaisson teaches kids about sexuality, she doesn't have to worry about the state legislature. But that doesn't make her task simple.

The post office called recently about a box of honeybees. The assault of insecticides means my sister can no longer overwinter her hives.

Long ago, another atmospheric shift took place. It shows how different the earth's environments have been—and how different they may become.

Israelis take great interest in archaeology, as findings can validate Jews' ancient claims to the land. Of course, Palestinians have similar claims.