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June 23, Ordinary 12B (1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4–11, 19–23), 32–49)
When David steps out to challenge Goliath, he shifts from the acted upon to the actor.
This particular soil (Mark 4:26-34)
Seeds do not grow without soil, and soil is a factor of place.
Southern Baptists don’t get votes to add ‘only men’ pastors language to constitution
Southern Baptists failed to adopt a change in their constitution that would explicitly state that “only men” can be “any kind of pastor” in affiliated churches....
Consciousness all the way down
If consciousness is universal and the universe is fine-tuned for life, Philip Goff argues, then there must be a cosmic purpose.
What is the rainbow in Genesis a reminder of?
This year during Pride month, God seems to have a lot of rainbow defenders online. But they aren’t getting the Bible story quite right.
Vatican convenes astrophysicists to discuss black holes, quantum theory
Renowned physicists, including two Nobel Prize winners, will gather at the Vatican Observatory near Rome next week to ponder the unresolved mysteries of the cosmos and to honor the legacy of George...
James Lawson, pastor and nonviolent activist, dies at 95
James M. Lawson Jr., who made it his life’s work to create a nonviolent nation, died June 9 at age 95....
What does ‘Christian nationalism’ even mean?
Could it really be all the different things people say it is?
My dad’s old Bible offers more questions than answers
What can I learn from what he underlined—or didn’t?
Celebrating the life and legacy of civil rights leader James M. Lawson Jr.
September 22, 1928–June 9, 2024
'Tense calm' at the border as migrant shelters brace for impact of Biden's asylum order
Leaders of Catholic organizations helping migrants at the US-Mexico border are denouncing President Joe Biden’s new asylum restrictions as shelter directors brace for its impact on conditions....
June 16, Ordinary 11B (2 Corinthians 5:6–10, (11–13), 14–17)
Paul has been wounded by the church, but he is driven to keep engaging.
Bible societies mount effort to revive view of scripture as source of ancient wisdom
One of the biggest ever research projects into scripture is looking into how people use the Bible and what it means to them—an attempt to understand why, in a time when 90 percent of the world’s po...
On not losing heart (2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1)
Learning to trust in God requires an act of will.
Facing a world on fire
The contemplative life is about getting closer to reality, not retreating from it.
New commission of religiously affiliated higher education aims to spark collaboration
A prominent association of colleges and universities in the United States has created a new commission of religious schools whose aim will be to share with their nonreligious counterparts the innov...
Ivory Coast splits with UMC but other African conferences slow to follow
After the United Methodist Church voted this spring to allow its clergy to marry same-sex couples and lifted its ban on ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy, Methodists around the world watched how the deno...
Faith-based agencies denounce Biden's executive order at the southern border
President Joe Biden signed an executive orde...
The post-Catholic Joyce
Filtered through my deconstructed Catholic faith, Ulysses holds up surprisingly well.