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Gay man says he was kicked off Baptist World Alliance commissions
TJ Williams-Hauger, a gay man, says he was asked to resign from two Baptist World Alliance commissions....
Ecumencial leader Agnes Abuom dies at 73
Agnes Abuom, the influential ecumenical leader and peacemaker died May 31 after a short illness. She was 73....
SNAP under siege
Federal debt default has been averted. The price is more restrictions on a critical program that feeds hungry Americans.
The strangers who saved my life
When you receive an emergency transfusion, you don’t get to choose who the blood comes from.
June 11, Ordinary 10A (Matthew 9:9–13, 18–26)
Sitting and talking with a boy from Ethiopia, I received a radical dinner invitation.
Creation in context (Psalm 8)
In Psalm 8, humankind is crowned in glory and honor, loved and valued.
Welfare for the wealthy
Half of all business meal expenses are tax deductible. This puts SNAP cuts in helpful perspective.
Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his ‘deep spiritual resonance’
When Matt Smith introduced his toddler to television in 2022, he selected the show that brought him warmth and comfort when he was growing up in the 1990s: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood....
Laudato Trees planting program enlists Catholic properties to help increase DC's canopy
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 contest of ...
Rival Orthodoxies in Ukraine
The war is revealing divisions among Christians in the region—and deepening them.
A tech-savvy Christian sexual ethic
Kate Ott challenges us to practice erotically attuned love everywhere, even online.
Tom Stoppard gets personal
Leopoldstadt grapples with the 86-year-old playwright’s Jewish roots and his fear about the direction of our society.
Hungary’s progressive Christian resistance
Viktor Orbán has tried to buy the loyalty of the churches, but not everyone is selling.
June 4, Trinity A (Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8)
Trusting in God’s transcendence means acknowledging God’s otherness.
Leadership challenges (Numbers 11:24-30)
For Moses, besting old No-Name Pharaoh and His Eager Egyptians isn’t even the hardest part.
The myth and reality of Jim Thorpe
David Maraniss’s biography of the legendary athlete highlights the contradiction in White America’s attitude toward Native people.
Deconstructed, reimagined faith
Five ways I see a new generation reorienting its Christianity
The rapture and beyond
Daniel Hummel shows how deeply dispensationalism has shaped American religion.
Secrets that must not be kept
Clergy-penitent privilege and mandatory reporting exist in complex tension. But child welfare has to come first.