Of all the things I could have gone donkey nuts over, it was "quiet time" that pushed me over the edge.
I listen to these songs with a longing for the unshakeable faith they express.
I am finally old enough to admit something: the mysteries of adulthood, those "mature themes" we try to hide from the young, are mostly stupid.
What would the global church look like if we all honored our ancestors as members of the communion of saints?
When we fall in love with our own moral positions, we lose sight of how to stand up against evil.
The problem isn't that government efforts to address inequality don't work. It's that they were only haltingly tried.
Good Friday gives way to Easter. We live our lives on Holy Saturday.
Ten million people still speak the language of the Inca empire and identify with its culture. Most of them are Christians.
Sometimes the life of abundant love is lonely.
We are divided. We do not abide each other well.
Humanism with space for God
Ronald Osborn integrates a biblical perspective with humanistic values.
The formation of Martin Luther King Jr.
Motivated in part by the whitewashing of a radical legacy, Patrick Parr explores King's seminary years and the roots planted there.
Biblical hospitality
Joshua Jipp's book does something few biblical scholars attempt: it offers explicit proposals for the church.
Between the world and Ta-Nehisi Coates
How did an Afro-pessimist who doesn't believe in hope become the darling of white liberals?
Catholic sisters and their difficult vocation
Alice McDermott ponders a mystery: How is it that women hear the calling and find the strength to love and support their neighbors?
Michael J. Sharp had been investigating violence in the Congo when he was killed one year ago.
Rwanda's president has criticized the number of churches in the capital, Kigali. There are more than 1,300 in the city of nearly 1.2 million.
Theresa F. Latini led an organization that taught that sexuality could be changed. She now rejects that—but students, faculty, and alumni charged her and the board with keeping that fact secret.
Most of Congo’s antigovernment protests—including several in February that saw at least two people killed—have begun on the steps of a Catholic Church.
Mayor Nir Barkat has called into question whether buildings that are not houses of worship should be tax-exempt.
He was an air force captain who became a conscientious objector. Now he'll lead a historic peace church.
The Saudi crown prince’s Vision 2030 program includes rolling back the religious hierarchy’s power over domestic and foreign policies.