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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.
The allure of denial
It’s not that things are changing for our church. They’ve already changed.
The difference between wishing and hoping
Wishes are about what we want. Hope is about what God wants.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (1 Kings 19:9–18; Psalm 85:8–13; Romans 10:5–15; Matthew 14:22–33)
Both Elijah and Peter face a stark reality: fear.
To be vessel and passage
We receive a gift to carry and pour out to others. We are carved into channels through which God flows love.
What people need from their pastors
The ailing young man wanted to be face to face with God. I opened my shoebox.
The persecuted Assyrians, then and now
Thousands died, and many sacred places were destroyed—100 years before ISIS.
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Voices of American Muslims
Both Amir Hussain and Eboo Patel model interfaith bridge-building in their writing.
A feast of scriptural language
Sarah Ruden writes some of the most sumptuous words about Bible words I’ve ever read.
Disciples of Christ elect first woman of color to lead a mainline denomination
Teresa Hord Owens, a descendant of one of Indiana’s oldest free black settlements, is general minister and president.
Discipleship through covenant friendship
Sarah Arthur and Erin Wasinger write about their experiment in radical faith, one small step at a time.
What does it mean to hope?
Hope holds us in our time. Without it, we have no place in our own history.
What does it mean to hope?
Hope holds us in our time. Without it, we have no place in our own history.
Gratitude for the poppies
We cannot always create something out of nothing. Rather, we change what already exists, and these tiny alterations give us meaning and purpose in our lives.