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Pilgrims together on St. Cuthbert's Way
Every step of my sister’s pilgrimage was a prayer, and I tried to follow in the path she made.
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13-20)
Not everyone knows who Jesus is. Do his disciples?
Metal detectors at Jerusalem Temple Mount cause clashes
Thousands of Muslims prayed in alleys and streets rather than inside Al-Aqsa Mosque. Then police used force against demonstrators.
Eritrean Orthodox leader continues to be detained after a decade
Patriarch Antonios, who is 90 and has diabetes, has been denied medical care.
Saul, David, and the morality of power
How shrewdly the drama of mixed motives, mixed loyalties, and mixed feelings unfolds.
Ecclesiastes for the ecclesia
A wisdom ecclesiology embraces the church’s earthly context—but without romanticizing it.
What does a prophet look like?
Albert Raboteau profiles seven people who shaped the theology and practice of activism in 20th-century America.
Listen to the world's groaning (Romans 8:12–25)
Christians have long lived in denial of our deep creaturely connections.
Minister renounces ordination with Southern Baptists, seeing racism in denomination
Lawrence Ware's tipping point was a recent debate over a resolution to disavow white supremacy.
What if no one shows up?
Asking the question gives people space to discern the answer.
What makes for an undivided life?
True character is only formed over long periods of time.
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Matthew 15:10–28; Romans 11:1–2a, 29–32)
Give me your tired, your poor, those you consider dogs.
A political scientist tries to understand her state's rural residents
“The perception in small-town Wisconsin of being disadvantaged may not be accurate, but it’s not ridiculous, either.”
Writing about the Amish without romance
“I tried to remember that these are human beings, not caricatures.”
The strange hope of dystopian fiction since The Road
Surviving and communing together are sacred gestures.
Faith for the earth's survival
Environmental sustainability requires a Reformation-scale paradigm shift.
Muslim refugees to U.S. have decreased in 2017
Christians made up the majority of refugees admitted to the U.S. in the first five full months of the Trump administration.
Does baking a cake count as protected speech?
Like many legal and moral disputes, the case involving a Colorado bakery and a same-sex couple hinges on finding the right analogy.
What makes good soil? (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
If it were easy, we would have it all figured out already.