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Campus ministry partners convert congregation's office building into student housing
Six college students are preparing to move into new apartments in a former office building at Redeemer Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Florida, after th...
A parable about itself (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)
The Parable of the Sower gives the preacher an opportunity to teach about the gift of parables.
Catholic bishops in Ireland ask parishes to conserve 30 percent of property for pollinators, biodiversity
Editor's note: This story is part of "Growing a Green Church," an ongoing series focused on churches' efforts to steward their buildings and land effectively in the context of ...
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Who is Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s new history of the West for?
Like so many books today, it seems aimed at convincing an audience that will never read it.
Many Black SBC churches have women pastors on staff. Will they be expelled next?
Earlier this year, Southern Baptists expelled five churches from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination for having women as pastors....
Ordinary violence
Peacemaking is a crucial part of the Christian life—but it isn’t just about war.
Rose Macaulay was ahead of her time
In Crewe Train, the neglected Anglo-Catholic novelist tells the story of a woman who resolutely does not fit in.
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July 16, 15A (Genesis 25:19–34)
I haven’t always embraced the particularity of God.
The corrosive power of regret
What does it take to find self-compassion and embrace self-forgiveness?
Hostile architecture
In metro areas today, park benches are becoming an endangered species.
Lessons from downsizing my office
As I worked my way through old files and photos, I met with three kinds of sadness.
UCC elects first woman—and first woman of African descent—to lead denomination
The United Church of Christ elected its first female general minister and president on Monday at its 34th general synod in Indianapolis....
Walter Earl Fluker’s call to the Black church
In King’s time, the goal was to stir the churches to struggle. Now it’s to wake the dead.
July 9, Ordinary 14A (Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30)
There is a difference between work-life balance and sabbath living.