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Episode 39: 2018 Academy Awards recap
Matt and Adam break down the 2018 Academy Awards and the movies of 2017.
April 1, Easter Sunday (Mark 16:1-8)
On Easter Sunday, we want to feel triumphant. Instead we get Mark 16.
Albania’s Bektashi are Muslim, but some of their practices resemble Christian ones
The sect, which was founded in the 13th century, confounds the idea of irreconcilable differences between the two faiths.
Anti-Semitic incidents up by 57 percent in 2017
Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League, is calling on “all public figures” to speak out against intolerance.
Taking the Bible seriously means reading it figurally
What scripture means is not reducible to what it once meant.
The call of the commandments (Exodus 20:1-17)
From the beginning—“I am the Lord your God”—the Decalogue is about vocation.
Jesus and punishment
Dominique DuBois Gilliard's Rethinking Incarceration is the perfect addition to a larger conversation about mass incarceration.
March 30, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
Who were the people who watched Jesus' crucifixion?
More saints than we can know
On the feast of St. Paul's conversion, Google kept reminding me that it was also Virginia Woolf's birthday.
Libya crisis becomes an opportunity for the Madkhalis
The movement reveres and follows the teachings of an 85-year-old Saudi Arabian cleric.
The binary logic of pro-life vs. pro-choice
Most Americans aren't abortion absolutists. The available political options don't reflect this.
Reading the Bible as a feminist
From creation to Mary Magdalene, Barbara E. Reid offers convincing alternatives to sexist interpretations of scripture.
A stitched-together community
One day Bill didn't show up at the church, so we went to find him.
March 29, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
When I was a youth pastor, I was familiar with John 13—but the idea of footwashing freaked me out.
Asking better questions about abortion
"Should it be legal?" has not been serving us well.
FaithLeaks launched to root out corruption in religious groups
The web portal's creators hope others will submit documents on church finances, policies and procedures, and sexual abuse case settlements.
A climate scientist talks—respectfully—to climate-change skeptics
“My message is that you don’t have to change who you are to care about this issue.”
Myanmar bulldozes what is left of Rohingya Muslim villages
Mosques and cemeteries were destroyed—and possibly evidence of mass graves.
Guns are Americans’ golden calf
What began as respect for the Second Amendment has morphed into a colossal idolatry of lethal weapons.
The adversary incarnate? (Mark 8:31-38)
We can ignore the Satan stuff, or we can address it.