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Those who heard the disciples preach on Pentecost comprehended the message in their own language. But that was only the beginning.

Roughly 94 percent of black voters now vote for a candidate from the Democratic Party. This high number at the national level may be due in part to President Obama’s racial identity. In 2008 Obama surpassed even the solidification of black votes for Lyndon Baines Johnson that occurred in 1964. Has the United States moved closer to a post-racial society? 

My computer science husband sent me this link recently: “I had so many advantages, and I barely made it”: Pinterest engineer on Silicon Valley sexism. How can an article be so unsurprising, yet so wholly dispiriting at the same time?

We grieve always alone while at the same time needing community. Surely there is a role for the church in this paradox.

When we are overwhelmed by our daily struggles, when we get weary because of the dehumanization that results from hatred and greed, Proverbs 8 and Psalm 8 remind us how God conceives of us as human beings crowned with glory and honor.

Faith is like laughter. It doesn’t have to be real to have a real effect. 

Go to Google Images and look at some depictions of the ascension. This makes clear how difficult a festival this is for contemporary believers to celebrate.

The Century invited people to comment on their favorite book of the Bible and a book that has helped them appreciate or understand the biblical text.

John of Patmos presents readers of Revelation with fantastical visions of what life could be, just as Dickens does to Scrooge.

This collection is suffused with one of poetry’s most fundamental aims: making meaning out of suffering and loss.

Matt talks to Tony Robinson, pastor and consultant, about the myth of the “perfect church,” preaching through fallow periods, and congregations sustaining preachers’ faith.

As newly bereaved parents, we hear this all the time. I can’t imagine what you’re going through.

Dementia is graphic. These illustrated narratives draw out insights to provide empathy and healing for caregivers.

The Christians whose ministries are documented in the book of Acts did not know that they were the "early church."

The ancient stories of Genesis bear witness to a created world that is interconnected and has value in God’s eyes.