Church
Sing a rights-cleared song to the Lord
“Each report we receive at ONE LICENSE turns into a royalty payment,” says Brenna Cronin, “and those payments are someone’s livelihood.”
Down to earth
For philosopher Costica Bradatan, failure delivers self-knowledge in a way that success cannot.
Burnout and resilience in the wilderness
Many rural pastors like me are finding Jesus in the desert places.
Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance
Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.
The rapture and beyond
Daniel Hummel shows how deeply dispensationalism has shaped American religion.
Secrets that must not be kept
Clergy-penitent privilege and mandatory reporting exist in complex tension. But child welfare has to come first.
From a Western phenomenon to a truly global church
John McGreevy makes what could have become a dull textbook into a riveting narrative of Catholicism’s modern history.
Ruth Bell Graham’s adjustments
Anne Blue Wills highlights the complexity of a woman convinced by her Christian culture that she was created by God to support her husband.
The White church still owes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” an answer
King’s letter is so soaked in US history that 60 years later we almost forget it was addressed not to the nation but to specific Christian pastors.
Our teens are not OK
Especially the girls, whose depression levels are at record highs. Can the church help?
Staying awake for Easter
What ritual remedies exist to sharpen our spiritual attention, focus, and clarity?
What should churches do about the treatment of “the Jews” in John?
“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”
Encouraged by donkeys
For almost 40 years they have done their plodding, gracious work on me and my vocation.
Five ways your church might already welcome autistic adults
And some ideas for expanding that welcome
March 26, Lent 5A, (John 11:1-45)
Martha hears Jesus’ promise, but she has a brother whose body is starting to decay.
March 19, Lent 4A (John 9:1-41)
The light of the world illumines those who are open but is opaque to those who claim powerful position.
Learning from the Passover Seder without co-opting it
What wisdom can Christians find in Jesus’ meal-gathering around a religious holiday of his people?
Smashing statues
Iconoclasm isn’t just an expression of anger. It’s how we try to make new worlds.
Michelle Huneven’s homage to church life
A novel posing as a memoir that is really a sympathetic comedy