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The dream and the backlash
Sixty years after the March on Washington, we don’t talk much about how nervous it made White people.
SBC leader Willie McLaurin resigns after admitting he falsified resume
Willie McLaurin, the acting president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee, resigned suddenly on August 17 after admitting he had falsified his resume....
August 27, Ordinary 21A (Matthew 16:13–20)
I find it comforting to realize that Jesus recognizes the incompleteness of Peter’s understanding.
Forgive and forget? (Genesis 45:1-15)
Forgiveness is hard, and it’s hard for Joseph’s brothers to trust it.
Atonement without participation?
In the substitution theory, God simply does stuff for us. What about the relational God of the Bible?
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
An unfolding drama of awakening
John Haught dismantles the impoverished reasoning of most contemporary cosmology.
Each of my dyings
I’m in a stage of life where I find myself praying the same prayer again and again.
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.
An old man dreaming dreams of psalms
Paul Simon isn’t religious, but the voice he heard in his sleep seems to be.
When a culture’s immune system is compromised
Lyndsey Medford’s beautiful new book looks to interconnectedness amid the diseases of capitalism and injustice.
Grain for the world
Russia’s actions are threatening millions of African people with starvation. The US can help.
August 13, Ordinary 19A (Genesis 37:1–4, 12–28)
Is it possible to be completely and terribly wrong but not all bad?