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There I am in the bottom bunk of my small room in the old hall, with my roommate snoring above me, the roommate I hardly saw and hardly knew.

Fifty-two years ago, eight white clergy penned their version of “all lives matter.” These white men of God questioned the efficacy of the civil rights movement in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. They wrote that "honest convictions in racial matters could properly be pursued in the courts.”

Michael Walzer addresses a surprising question: the interplay between social revolutions and reactive counterrevolutions.

Advent stands at odds with the tranquility our culture hopes for this time of year. The coming of the Son of Man will yank us off the hamster wheel of life.

"The Qur'an is like a stream of divine consciousness. The literal meaning of the Qur'an is never the literal meaning of the Qur'an."

It’s often argued that religion gives rise to violence. But what if it were really the other way around? What if violence actually gave rise to religion? So argued the French anthropologist and philosopher René Girard, who died Nov. 4.

So many of us have desires for our lives that begin: “I deserve” or “I must have.” We want what everyone else has. We ask God for very specific things. We want life to be somewhat fair. Of course, it’s very human of us to feel this way.

As the first Advent candle is lit, world leaders will be making their way to Paris to try to create a climate treaty.

As the first Advent candle is lit, world leaders will be making their way to Paris to try to create a climate treaty.

Matt talks to the president of Sojourners about radical student politics, preaching at Davos, and activism as a form of proclamation.

Since I teach stewardship and a course called Money and Mission of the Church, I often get asked my perspective on Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program. For the uninitiated, Dave Ramsey is a best selling author, financial guru, and public speaker. His syndicated radio show on financial matters attracts more than 8.5 million listeners each week. Ramsey is also a born-again Christian and markets his curriculum, Financial Peace University, to churches.

Virtue, says former senator John Danforth, is what's missing from the current political equation—and the church is a place where virtue can be taught and advocated.