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A feel-good story's power and limits
There is a danger in responding to a film like Hidden Figures by congratulating ourselves on how far we’ve come.
Betsy DeVos and the kingdom
I share Dutch Calvinist heritage with Trump's pick for education secretary. I wonder if we see God's kingdom the same way.
A preacher and an ironworker
During seminary, I spent my summer breaks building bridges.
Elegies without consolation
An anthology of poetry mourning the demise of the Church of England
Can retiring pastors mentor their own successors?
Now that 60 is the new 50, creative models are emerging for ministry transitions.
Moonlight, MLK, and the damage we do to each other
Moonlight is hard to watch—but also essential viewing—because of what it reveals about us as humans.
A conversation with David Brooks about sin and beauty
“We live differently than we say we live. There’s moral judgment all around.”
A rabbi’s memoir of making a family
Anyone with a complicated life and family—all of us—will find a home in Susan Silverman’s story.
My prayer on MLK Day: Forgive us the sin of patience
There’s a time for reconciliation, for prayers for unity and healing. This is not such an hour.
How King’s political vision became politically irrelevant
Niebuhr’s political realism won, but it’s King’s radical politics that we need in this neoliberal, neofascist era.
February 12, Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15–20; 1 Corinthians 3:1–9; Matthew 5:21–37
A church for disciples (John 1:29–42)
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
The martyrs of Debre Libanos
Under Mussolini, Christian soldiers obeyed orders to target the Ethiopian church.