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Your pastor isn’t as unhealthy as you might think
The clergy are all right—at least, as all right as anyone else is.
The quiet Christian witness of A Rocha Canada
The evangelical group teaches farming, provides hospitality to newly arrived refugees, and watches the local salmon.
What makes A Wrinkle in Time Christian?
Some white Christians have complained that Ava DuVernay’s film is not faithful to Madeleine L’Engle’s book. A lot of people of color, however, have been feeling this movie deeply.
The one where the characters on Friends talk face to face
Millions of young adults are watching Friends reruns. Why?
The Museum of the Bible is utterly inoffensive. The Bible is not.
Can artifacts and interactive exhibits ever do justice to scripture's wildness?
A residential ministry deals with the sex offender registry
To rejoin society, ex-offenders need a place to live.
Almost homeless in The Florida Project
Low-wage jobs don't stimulate communities. They just keep them afloat, transient, and in need of $38 motel rooms.
A trash-to-table feast at Slow Food Nations
At the conference, chefs cooked for 100 of us using ingredients that were headed for the landfill.
Can we talk about marijuana at church?
A Bible-belt Presbyterian woman thinks her THC cookies are benefiting her. She also thinks she can't tell anyone.
Weaving new lives at a refugee camp
A group of women in Nashville found hope through Thistle Farms. Now they're taking a social enterprise project to Greece.
Why did the Museum of the Bible’s scholars destroy ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Christian apologists say they found New Testament fragments in mummy masks. It’s a dubious claim.
Methodists weigh options for staying united
A 32-member commission is seeking a way forward for a denomination with a lesbian bishop—and a policy barring ordained LGBTQ people.
After the glass factory
In a post-industrial town, churches reimagine mission.
Pastors have the power to convene conversations
When it comes to addressing local problems, proclamation isn't enough.
Do you actually want to be our pastor?
A story about a search committee and a candidate
A Catholic parish in Halifax with a deeply ecumenical spirit
Father James Mallon has borrowed some ideas from Protestants. Many of these ideas were already pretty Catholic.
What does Christian vocation look like for the elderly?
God calls us to serve the world with our bodies—even when those bodies are failing.
What makes Israel a Jewish state?
Two Israelis, a lawyer and a rabbi, on the complicated relationship between religion and national identity
How to be a purple church in a red state
When you embrace criticism instead of avoiding it, you get lots of chances to love your enemy.
Listening with our ears, not our mouths
Twelve-step groups have a rule against crosstalk. It’s a good rule for churches, too.