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I understand the story better now than when I was I kid, but I still have the feeling that the foolish virgins were framed.

Gillian Flynn has been accused of hating women. I disagree: Flynn pushes the truth of what can happen to women in a world that diminishes them.

In case you’re not up on your celebrity news, Shia LaBeouf recently told Interview magazine that he “became a Christian man” on the set of Fury, in which he plays an evangelical soldier. Yay, another high-profile believer! Well, maybe.

A while back, a blog post speaking into the pain of miscarriage was making its rounds on the Internet. Having never miscarried (that I know of), or grieved the death of any child, I asked my friend who lost her two-month-old son whether she felt highlighting the pain of miscarriage diminishes the story of her own tragedy. She replied, “It is not very helpful to compare pain.” But how often do we do just that? 

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In New York, 400,000 people marched to demand action on climate change. Thousands of us were there at least partly because of our faith.

In what is supposed to be the harvest season, many parts of California are feeling the effects of the drought that has raged for most of the year....

It seems like everywhere you go Christians in one way or another are talking about Christendom. Actually, the word being used most is post-Christendom.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the efforts that the church I serve has engaged in order to support and encourage new members and friends. I’ve especially been thinking about the time I’ve spent with new and fledging members and visitors. I’ve visited with, met for coffee, opened my office to what feels like countless new people—some new to the area and others just new to church. A few haven’t even made it to worship.

If you happen to read the Message translation of Matthew’s beatitudes, you’ll notice that instead of saying “blessed” the word is “happy.”

Grantland Rice compared the Notre Dame backfield to the four horsemen. Marcia Mount Shoop realigns football with apocalyptic thought—and makes a theological critique of the sport's systemic dysfunction.

I imagine some of the people freaking out about Ebola consider themselves Christians. How ironic is that?...

I'm a big fan of change, especially in the church. My upbringing as a pastor's kid kind of ingrained change into me; it helped me accept change as a natural, inevitable fact of life....

"The key to stopping Ebola in the United States is stopping it in West Africa...

Many Catholics and others against capital punishment have often suggested life in prison without parole as an alternative for dangerous criminals such as murderers....

I gobble books by musicians. Bruce Cockburn's memoir has more virtues than most.

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