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How should Christians face climate change?
We've moved on from the question of whether we should care.
Putting clergy health in perspective
Pastors and their complex relationship with their work—and with themselves
Faith leaders sue county board over ICE contract vote
Some pastors are also asking whether the county should be profiting from immigration detention.
Pussy Riot cofounder sees protest as a Christian gesture
The Russian punk group headlined Greenbelt, the top U.K. Christian arts and activism festival, this year.
October 7, Ordinary 27B (Mark 10:2-16)
Is there any good news in Jesus' teaching on divorce?
How canon law hinders ending abuse by priests
The 1983 revision put forward by Pope John Paul II to the entire code made it impossible for bishops to dismiss priests.
To prevent abuse and coverups, the church needs to empower laypeople
Our old, clerical ways cannot be redeemed.
What is true religion? (Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)
And are we practicing it?
Who gets to define American Muslim identity?
Muslims have become a totem in the culture war. But we have our own ideas.
Participating in God’s righteous anger
Is our outrage only creating a sense of justice for ourselves?
In Leave No Trace, American life fails a veteran and his daughter
Debra Granik's film is a masterful familial drama—and much more.
Civility is fraught. Jokes are better.
A well-placed wisecrack can pull the mighty down from their thrones.
James Comey didn’t write a tell-all. He wrote a handbook.
What does ethical leadership look like?
In Ireland visit, Pope Francis appeals to divided Catholics and struggles with abuse fallout
During closing mass, several thousand people instead attended a “Stand4Truth” protest.
September 30, Ordinary 26B (Mark 9:38-50)
Jesus is pretty clear: we should mind our own spiritual business.
Repenting for sexual abuse isn't a distraction from the church's work
It is the church's work.
Why Roxane Gay resists the conversion narrative
Sexual violence doesn't always allow its survivors to claim redemption.
Steed Vernyl Davidson named VP of academic affairs and dean at McCormick Theological Seminary
The faculty voted unanimously to make him dean.