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A new pope’s call to unity

I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I heard.

by Jeannine Marie Pitas
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Dear Jesus, Am I broken enough yet?

At youth group and church camp, I learned to perform my own unworthiness. It took years to recognize the spiritual harm this caused.
by McKenzie Watson-Fore
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Churches can endorse politicians, IRS says in court filing

by Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins
Features

The Scopes Monkey Trial and the evolution of fundamentalism

A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.
by Michael A. Smith
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Bishop Budde among the Swedes

In September, Episcopal bishop Mariann Edgar Budde will travel to her mother’s homeland at the invitation of the Stockholm Cathedral.
by Gary G. Yerkey

Books

Life’s mysteries, juxtaposed

Theresa Monteiro’s debut poetry collection delivers a cosmic vision that always bursts through the mundane.
by Peggy Rosenthal

The buried and the unburied

Richard Price’s latest novel follows four characters, each affected by the collapse of a tenement building in East Harlem.
by Joshua B. Grace

Racism by law

Joel Edward Goza shows how White supremacy has used legislation to structure the social reality of the United States.
by Jeannine Hill Fletcher

Can we live without cars?

A pair of new books can challenge Christians to see transportation as an expression of the beloved community.
by G. Travis Norvell

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A new pope’s call to unity

I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I heard.
by Jeannine Marie Pitas
In the Lectionary

July 20, Ordinary 16C (Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52)

God’s rage will not be held at bay.
by Cathy H. George
Sunday’s Coming

Hearing critical words (Amos 7:7-17)

We can and must test prophetic messages we receive.

by Gina Burkhart

Voices

Becoming manna

There’s a connection between a desire to care and the offer of food. We’re committed to each other’s survival.
by Isaac S. Villegas

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Voices

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Features

A new pope’s call to unity

I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I heard.
by Jeannine Marie Pitas
Features

The Scopes Monkey Trial and the evolution of fundamentalism

A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.
by Michael A. Smith
Books

Racism by law

Joel Edward Goza shows how White supremacy has used legislation to structure the social reality of the United States.
by Jeannine Hill Fletcher
First Words

The good kind of patriotism

The church is called to be a loving critic, not a national cheerleader.
by Peter W. Marty

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