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Don’t miss the judgment (Luke 13:1-9)
Jesus’ parables ought to alarm us, draw us short.
April 19, Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
When I say the creeds, Pilate’s name stands as a warning back to myself.
Horror and hope in the face of climate change
Jim Antal calls for a green reformation among churches.
Learning what happiness is (and isn’t) from my daughter with Down syndrome
Penny embodies the kind of love that holds onto hope amid suffering, redemption amid pain, and forgiveness amid hurt.
Seeing things that no one else can see
He shows me a ceramic ram, duck, and eagle: “At night I see them wrestling with each other.”
Mary Hinkle Shore becomes rector and dean of ELCA seminary in Southeast
Shore will deepen relationships with congregations and other ministries served by students of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Christ against trolling
The New Zealand shooter, meme culture, and alienation from meaning
Bruised and blessed by scripture
My hermeneutic of suspicion wasn’t enough. I needed a hermeneutic of the hip.
Clergy housing allowance is constitutional, appeals court rules
Leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation argue that the allowance discriminates in favor of ministers.
Robina Winbush, ecumenical and interfaith leader, dies at age 61
Winbush worked for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and with global organizations, “envisioning together how justice can be lived and reflected in the life of the church,” one colleague said.
April 18, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Foot washing expresses John’s vision of communion.
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How the American opioid crisis got so big
Two journalists unpack the history, the scale of the epidemic, and who’s to blame
New Zealand mosque shootings prompt vigils and vigilance
Civil rights advocates called for curbing hate speech online, as the perpetrator’s video continued to circulate on social media.
I’m a “church leader” who doesn’t really go to church
I love the church. It's harder to love specific congregations.
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We’re not asking readers to subscribe to a given writer’s views.
A northerner explores Christianity in the American South
James Hudnut-Beumler profiles churches, ministries, and movements with long-held traditions and potential for change.
Jesus mocks Herod (Luke 13:31-35)
When we hear Jesus retort, “Tell that fox….,” we have to keep in mind the litany of intersections between Jesus, his followers, and the Herodian dynasty.
Do the best biblical scholars love Jesus?
Some questions—as opposed to a categorical judgment—about Joel Green's post
Thinking about the Paul Manafort sentence as a prison abolitionist
Patrick Beadle is serving 12 years after police found medical marijuana in his car. His incarceration doesn't make me feel safer, and neither does Manafort’s.
Disability and the good life
Theologian Shane Clifton rethinks virtue ethics from his wheelchair.