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March 24, Palm Sunday B (Mark 11:1–11)
Jesus moves in the same direction as other pilgrims but at a pace and purpose that is his own.
March 24, Passion B (Mark 14:1–15:47)
We fix our gaze on the cross because if we look away we will miss something vital.
We would see Jesus (John 12:20-33)
This is a fearful time, especially for those who are being targeted by some of the currents of our cultural wars.
Can inclusive churches grow and thrive?
When my spouse’s church became more affirming, the major givers left.
Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania raise funds to eliminate $3 million in medical debt
The leaders of two Episcopal dioceses in Pennsylvania—Central Pennsylvania Bishop Audrey Scanlan and Bethlehem Bishop Kevin Nichols—on March 10 celebrated the efforts of the ...
My evangelical feminist friend Letha
There is no greater evidence of how much Letha Dawson Scanzoni valued relationships than her letters.
A holy fool with chocolate
Understanding Wonka in light of the gospel’s message of radical, unconfined love
Edwards for all of us
George Marsden’s new book returns to the old project of making Jonathan Edwards modern.
New book offers help on how to transition church properties
Congregations facing closure or downsizing must think about more than maximizing profits from the sale of facilities and other assets, social entrepreneur and church finance expert Mark Elsdon said...
The slow work of dialogue
For 20 years, Mennonite scholars from North America and Shi’a scholars from Iran have met periodically to build bridges.
Who wrote the Bible?: Enslaved people and the New Testament with Candida Moss (S3:E5)
“Once we accept biblical collaboration as fact and recognize its participants as oppressed human beings who nevertheless had agency, we are forced to confront a truth that can be unsettling to some readers of scripture: that the meaning of the Bible is fluid.”
Reading scripture through the experience of disability
Julia Watts Belser sees in the Torah a God who is in love with the creative possibilities of difference.
Regionalization a key question for African United Methodists
As the United Methodist Church counts down to this year’s general conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, regionalization proposals are topmost on the minds of African leaders and delegates....
March 17, Lent 5B (John 12:20–33)
“If you really want to live you’ve gotta die” is a puzzle that could leave you off kilter your whole life long.
William Guthrie’s weird Christianity
The rector of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery brought the church into relationship with the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1920s.
For infertile people, the fate of frozen embryos is deeply personal
When Ericka Andersen and her husband started infertility treatment a decade ago, they were hoping for one successful pregnancy....
Good news that doesn’t fit on a sign (John 3:14-21)
What has always interested me about the John 3:16 signs is the singular focus.
To forgive is exclusively divine
Ancient Israel’s war with Amalek is a lesson in repentance and covenant.
Religious leaders decry plan to bring back electric chair, gassing in Louisiana
A cross section of religious leaders gathered on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol recently to offer prayers and protest over the state’s plan to add the electric chair and poison gas to its lineu...