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AJ Muste’s Christian nonviolence
Once a household name among progressives, the activist and minister influenced generations that followed.
Episcopal bishop's family accuses denomination of mishandling abuse allegations
As a Dalit woman on the lowest rung of India’s traditional caste system, Roja Suganthy-Singh grew up viewing the church as a haven where grace was extended to all, regardless of caste differences.<...
Christians should read books
Jessica Hooten Wilson helps us to see reading as a form of holy play.
August 20, Ordinary 20A (Genesis 45:1–15; Psalm 133)
The challenges to unity are great. The reward of unity is tremendous.
If favor were fair (Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28)
Maybe Joseph’s brothers aren’t evil people but hurt people.
Organizing is about people’s agency
Unlike social services and advocacy, which are all about being helpers
Each of my dyings
I’m in a stage of life where I find myself praying the same prayer again and again.
An unfolding drama of awakening
John Haught dismantles the impoverished reasoning of most contemporary cosmology.
My UCC church’s listening experiment with our evangelical neighbors
I hoped our shared faith would provide enough common ground. I was a bit naive.
When a culture’s immune system is compromised
Lyndsey Medford’s beautiful new book looks to interconnectedness amid the diseases of capitalism and injustice.
An old man dreaming dreams of psalms
Paul Simon isn’t religious, but the voice he heard in his sleep seems to be.
Strange sounds in deep water
In 1958, Frank Watlington was listening for Soviet submarines when he stumbled onto an alien world.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28)
Is it possible to be completely and terribly wrong but not all bad?
Grain for the world
Russia’s actions are threatening millions of African people with starvation. The US can help.
Helping incarcerated men see their own worth
“My goal is to teach men to love themselves,” says Men’s Workshop founder James Enoch Banks, “so they can love others.”
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The unzoned city of God
Two new books help explain one of the main public policy drivers of the affordable housing crisis.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter will be sentenced to death, jury finds
Nearly five years since he entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and methodically slaughtered 11 Jewish congregants, Robert Bowers will face the death penalty after a jury...
Faith leaders join call of peace treaty to end Korean War
On July 27, the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement of the Korean War, known as the “Forgotten War,” hundreds of Korean peace advocates from across the country and South Korea gathered in W...