“At any given moment, I may need to be a psychologist, centurion, street lawyer, or soothsayer.”
We should limit political activity by churches—but not speech from the pulpit.
Faced with someone trying to deny me shelter from the rain, I thought, are you kidding?
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
In offering another refugee his citizenship, Chuong Nguyen is not submitting a transactional sort of sacrifice. He is giving a gift of selfless love.
Be an activist. But approach it with intention, care, and clear limits.
Martin Luther isn’t the only theologian for whom we celebrate a major anniversary this year.
Within a few decades, a third of all Catholics will live in Africa.
What counts as truth in a post-truth world? Run the Jewels 3 makes the case that truth sounds like rap music.
Psalm 118:1–2, 19–29; Matthew 21:1–11
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 26:14–27:66; Philippians 2:5–11
Romans 8:6–11; John 11:1–45
Poet in black?
Johnny Cash was a lot of things. Was he a literary writer?
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Practical wisdom from the business world
Heather Bradley and Miriam Bamberger Grogan offer a hard-working playbook for addressing ministerial overload.
Inventing a voice for Louis Till
John Edgar Wideman counters the official record of Emmett Till’s father with a more empathetic version.
