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February 26, Lent 1A (Matthew 4:1-11)
Many professions require testing—including Son of God.
Smashing statues
Iconoclasm isn’t just an expression of anger. It’s how we try to make new worlds.
What God has in store next (Matthew 17:1-9)
It’s hard to let go of what we once had.
February 22, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return. But my sermons!
Michelle Huneven’s homage to church life
A novel posing as a memoir that is really a sympathetic comedy
Episode 25: Church leader Graham Joseph Hill, co-author of Healing Our Broken Humanity
A conversation with professor and church leader Graham Joseph Hill about reconciliation, lament, hospitality, and more
Why students at a Kentucky school are praying and singing around the clock
Last Wednesday, students at Asbury University gathered for their biweekly chapel service in the 1,500-seat Hughes Auditorium.<...
Can patriotism be redeemed?
Theologian Richard Mouw calls for a God-chastened love of country.
The transfiguration of Larissa
When my parishioner returned to church, she seemed to have crossed a threshold that revealed her true self.
February 19, Transfiguration A (Matthew 17:1-9)
When our beloved buildings are gone, what will endure is relationship.
Docuseries on Black church highlights history, links to biblical orthodoxy
A new docuseries featuring Black clergy and scholars aims to explore the resilience of the Black church and highlight how many...
Releasing our grip (Sirach 15:15-20; Deuteronomy 30:15-20)
So often we are trapped by our own imaginations.
Poll: A third of US adults are Christian nationalists
A new survey finds that fewer than a third of adults in the United States, or 29 percent, qualify as Christian nationalists, a...
The skin of Christ
The church is a body: scarred and punctured but feeling its way through the world.
The scandal of the anti-intellectual mind
Why are so many Christians opposed to science and captivated by conspiracy theories?
Becoming a people together
Gordon Lathrop roots his case for in-person worship in scripture and Lutheran tradition.
To be ordained, would-be PCUSA pastors had to interpret the worst story in the Bible
For students hoping to become pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the exegesis exam is already stressful....