Features
Showing up for racial reconciliation
Biblical, evangelical—and progressive
The meeting in the sanctuary and the meeting in the basement
How a Christian bloc helped oust Brazil's president
Voices
M. Craig Barnes
What waiting reveals about our true selves
An insight I gleaned from Ernest Hemingway rings true for the mainline church today.
Carol Howard Merritt
Taking risks to heal hurt
It's a church—and a yoga studio, psychotherapist's office, and Reiki healing space.
Books
Uniting the new working class
Today's laborers are more likely cleaning toilets than mining coal. But there's still a need to organize.
Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down, by Anne Valente
The work that begins at retirement
Life's later decades present distinctive virtues—and vices.
When pro-lifers were progressives
Most of us only know the pro-life movement after Roe v. Wade. But there's a fuller history—with surprising turns.
From generation to generation
Yaa Gyasi's novel reveals the freedoms and captivities we all inherit.
Merciful within limits
Pope Francis's theology of mercy has political implications.