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Translation as an act of love
“Dolly Parton says she is singing for everybody. I am trying to translate for everybody.”
The receptive, reflective act of paying attention
For Simone Weil, paying attention means asking, ”What are you going through?”
It’s time to reimagine the church parking lot
What if it functioned more like a bridge than a wall?
Obery Hendricks condemns the sins of right-wing evangelicalism
If his book were a trial, the verdict would be clear: guilty.
Freeing Philemon from the “fugitive slave” theory
Stephen Young lets Paul’s letter speak for itself.
Episode 2: Discovering the Palace of the Lady with Mohamed Waheeb
“We are not exaggerating when we say that we found the remains of the two rooms of Mary of Egypt. This is no legend; it’s reality. It’s a holy place, where the heavens opened three times. . . . It is the most important spot in the world.”
The price of gas in a global economy
Our dependence on fossil fuels is filling Vladimir Putin’s war chest.
April 10, Passion Sunday C (Luke 22:14-23:56)
We betray Jesus for far less than was offered to Judas.
The exuberant absurdity of Don’t Look Up and Moonfall
Watching the destruction of the world we were warned was coming is a staple of American entertainment.
April 10, Palm Sunday C (Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-40)
Even if we think we don’t need a savior, we seek one.
Ukrainian-American Jews pray, wait for news
Following news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been scary in a personal way for Rabbi Menachem Shemtov and his wife, Racheli....
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks about faith
Immediately after President Joe Biden introduced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to the US Supreme Court on February 25, the federal appeals court judge stepped up to the podium and appe...
Texas’ new attack on transgender care called ‘political ploy’
One week before statewide primary elections, Texas governor Greg Abbott and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton launched an attack on the state’s transgender children and their families, threatening ...
Help for Korean pastors in cross-racial ministry
In 2015, Grace Pak was serving as president of the National Association of Korean-American United Methodist Pastors Serving Cross-Racial/Cultural Appointment....
Renowned physcian, global health care activist Paul Farmer dies at 62
World-renowned physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer died of an acute cardiac event in his sleep on February 21. He was 62....
Rabbi from synagogue hostage situation accepts new position
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who drew international acclaim for his handling of a hostage situation at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue in January, has accepted an offer to lead a Reform synagogu...
After cerebral bleed, bishop-elect Paula Clark returns to work
Paula Clark returned to work on March 7 in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, following a cerebral bleed in April 2021....
Iona was once the beating heart of Celtic Christianity
The only thing it lacked was a desert—so the monks imagined one.
Beyond the wilderness (Deuteronomy 26:1-11)
Deuteronomy offers instructions for what to do after not 40 days but 40 years of wandering.