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Guestability

Churches tend to equate the notion of inclusion with hospitality. Peter and Cornelius suggest a more nuanced definition.

by Samuel Wells
News

Women ministers resist misogyny with mentors, training, resilience, study finds

by Adelle M. Banks
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The missing head of Pancho Villa

What does the stolen skull of a Mexican revolutionary have to do with my friend and me, living in Colorado a century after his death?
by Amy Frykholm
First Words

What is religious freedom for?

The church’s calling is far more exciting and urgent than endorsing political candidates.
by Peter W. Marty
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Dark fantasy novels that scream theology

I didn’t expect so much sacramental imagination in Tamsyn Muir’s series about lesbian necromancers in space.
by Alejandra Oliva

Books

Between the synagogue and the streets

Chaim Grade’s characters give voice to the questions, quarrels, and quiet devotions of European Jews on the cusp of the Second World War.
by Beth Kissileff

Inside ‘the new American fascism’

Katherine Stewart explores the strange alliance seeking to impose its antidemocratic vision on the US—one Moms for Liberty meeting at a time.
by Aaron Klink

The morality of Jesus reinterpreted

Writing primarily for post-evangelicals, ethicist David Gushee examines 40 biblical texts.
by Brian Volck

Seeking racial solidarity at a Cincinnati megachurch

Hahrie Han follows four people—two Black and two White—through their church’s racial justice program.
by Cara Meredith

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In the Lectionary

September 14, Ordinary 24C (Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14)

Hope where all appears hopeless: that’s where God is.
by Gary Percesepe
Features

The missing head of Pancho Villa

What does the stolen skull of a Mexican revolutionary have to do with my friend and me, living in Colorado a century after his death?
by Amy Frykholm
Voices

Guestability

Churches tend to equate the notion of inclusion with hospitality. Peter and Cornelius suggest a more nuanced definition.
by Samuel Wells

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In the Lectionary

September 14, Ordinary 24C (Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28; Psalm 14)

Hope where all appears hopeless: that’s where God is.
by Gary Percesepe
News

Women ministers resist misogyny with mentors, training, resilience, study finds

by Adelle M. Banks
Sunday’s Coming

Jesus makes it hard to be a Christian (Luke 14:25-33)

The problem many preachers face when trying to preach without fear or favor is Jesus himself.

by Gary Percesepe

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The missing head of Pancho Villa

What does the stolen skull of a Mexican revolutionary have to do with my friend and me, living in Colorado a century after his death?
by Amy Frykholm

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The missing head of Pancho Villa

What does the stolen skull of a Mexican revolutionary have to do with my friend and me, living in Colorado a century after his death?
by Amy Frykholm
Books

Inside ‘the new American fascism’

Katherine Stewart explores the strange alliance seeking to impose its antidemocratic vision on the US—one Moms for Liberty meeting at a time.
by Aaron Klink
First Words

What is religious freedom for?

The church’s calling is far more exciting and urgent than endorsing political candidates.
by Peter W. Marty
Voices

The word outlasts the throne

Kings fall, tyrants pass, and hope endures in the prophets’ vision of God’s story.
by Peter Choi

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