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Tim Keller, retired megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
Tim Keller, an influential Presbyterian Church in America minister who founded a network of evangelical Christian churches in New York City, has died. He was 72....
The Anglican Communion's only Hmong-majority church thrives in Minnesota
Compiling a book of the Sunday Gospel readings in both English and Hmong is just the latest way Wa Meng Lor has helped members of the Church of the Holy Apostl...
May 28, Pentecost (John 20:19-23)
Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.
It’s me, Margaret’s mom
Judy Blume’s gift to the world is her insistence that young people can be trusted as capable moral agents.
What (the best) God cares about (Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35)
God’s a divine warrior but no cheap bully.
Standing on holy ground
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s poems carry the vision that all land, all people, and all moments are sacred.
Hebrew Bible purchased for $38.1 million on display at Jewish museum
The Codex Sassoon, a late ninth- or early 10th-century book Sotheby’s has dubbed the “earliest, most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible,” was sold for $38.1 million Wednesday afternoon to ...
Science fiction writers imagine the way out
Jesus’ parables give us space to see that something else is possible. Writers of new worlds put flesh on these bones.
Ekow Eshun’s journey into Black artistic consciousness
The writer and curator expounds on his celebrated exhibition’s thesis: that reimagining Black space and time with the fantastical invites a new way of being in the world.
Lutheran, Presbyterian schools moving to Chicago campus of Catholic Theological Union
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary are moving into available space on the campus of Catholic Theological Union, creating a theological megacampus on the S...
God is enthroned with enthusiasm (Psalm 47)
Many religious services sit squarely at the sober end of the spectrum. Psalms of the praise type would beg to disagree.
Faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule
Many faith-based refugee agencies have long called for the end of the emergency health rule that allowed the government to quickly expel undocumented immigrants crossing the border....
Inside the grassroots campaign to standardize 12 weeks of paid family leave for PC(USA) pastors
This spring, Presbyterian Church (USA) ratified an amendment to its governing document, mandating a minimum of 12 weeks of paid family leave for called and installed pastors at congregations....
May 21, Easter 7A (John 17:1-11)
It must have astonished those gathered with Jesus to hear that they were beloved.
Is The Hero of this Book a novel or a memoir?
In either case, Elizabeth McCracken’s account of losing a mother is wrenching and tender.
