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The day I revealed to the other moms that I'm a bad Christian
Of all the things I could have gone donkey nuts over, it was "quiet time" that pushed me over the edge.
Biblical hospitality
Joshua Jipp's book does something few biblical scholars attempt: it offers explicit proposals for the church.
Showing the world our wounds (Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31)
Some people say they don’t identify as Christian because of what they see, or don’t see, in the church.
Learning to embrace the in-between time
Good Friday gives way to Easter. We live our lives on Holy Saturday.
The disciples and Peter (Mark 16:1-8)
There is a chasm between Peter and Jesus that cannot be glossed over.
Turkey displays a new level of religious nationalism in Syria campaign
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened Turkey's army to Ottoman troops in WWI, calling them martyrs fighting for their religion.
Are we sure we’re right?
When we fall in love with our own moral positions, we lose sight of how to stand up against evil.
The work of reconstruction, 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.
Of the many absurdities around race and hatred that still exist in our culture, Trump may be the least of them.
Between the world and Ta-Nehisi Coates
How did an Afro-pessimist who doesn't believe in hope become the darling of white liberals?
Peter’s denial and our judgment (John 18:1-19:42)
Peter doesn’t want to suffer. Who does?
Megachurch founder Bill Hybels denies reports of sexual misconduct
Church elders and an outside firm investigated and cleared Hybels. But recently several former employees went public with their accounts—and doubts about the investigations.
Catholic sisters and their difficult vocation
Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?
A servant-leader’s strength (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
The enduring significance of Jesus’ act in John 13 turns on the little preposition to.
Confessions of a (moderate) prude
I am finally old enough to admit something: the mysteries of adulthood, those "mature themes" we try to hide from the young, are mostly stupid.
Marielle Franco and the crucifixion of love
The Brazilian activist was killed by the same world that killed Jesus—a world that can’t bear love.
Bearing arms in America
The individual right to gun ownership is the law of the land. Until it isn't.
Glen Guyton first person of color to be Mennonite Church USA's top executive
He was an air force captain who became a conscientious objector. Now he'll lead a historic peace church.
Episode 42: Moana
Matt and Adam talk call, water, Easter, and Moana with New Testament professor Margaret Aymer.
Southern Rail's gospel music for the journey
I listen to these songs with a longing for the unshakeable faith they express.
Half a century after the Kerner report, Americans are still separate and unequal
The problem isn't that government efforts to address inequality don't work. It's that they were only haltingly tried.