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From the Editor/Publisher

My daughter’s wedding vows made me think about what it means to receive

Taking is possessing. Receiving is a gift.
by Peter W. Marty
October 21, 2020

Features

The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church

The pandemic has made an existing problem worse.
by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
October 20, 2020

First Person

I was afraid to protest in Kenosha, but my parishioner needed me

The city felt like it had been sucker punched.
by Matt Fitzgerald
October 19, 2020

Faith Matters

The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided

We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.
by Brian Bantum
October 16, 2020

Books

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Take & Read: Global Christianity

Five books that take readers beyond Anglophone perspectives
by Philip Jenkins October 15, 2020

Books

In Review: 
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Willie Jennings’s plea to create a new kind of theologian

After Whiteness is urgent reading for any institution that purports to care about God and race.
by Jason Byassee October 8, 2020

First Person

The surprising freedom of being a guest preacher

I might or might not be invited back. Either way, there’s no lasting harm.
by Barbara Brown Taylor
October 8, 2020

Faith Matters

I don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus

I experience God through the embodied community of faith—and I miss it.
by Debie Thomas
October 2, 2020

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