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When Ruby Bridges prayed for her enemies
In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.
When Ruby Bridges prayed for her enemies
In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.
When Ruby Bridges prayed for her enemies
In the face of mob violence, a six-year-old responded with love.
Is the Reformation over? Yes and no.
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
There is no "on the mountain" and "off the mountain."
Can we recognize Jesus' coming as good news?
What a relief it might be to middle-class America to be sent away empty.
Bearing God in Advent
As I lifted the chalice, the baby began to play soccer under my ribs.
Our busyness at Christmas hides God's busyness for us—but Luke's Gospel reveals it.
Our busyness at Christmas hides God's busyness for us—but Luke's Gospel reveals it.
Two refreshing new books place the storyteller within the story he tells.
by Greg Carey
In the United Church of Canada, a liberal congregation is growing. Here's how.
In the United Church of Canada, a liberal congregation is growing. Here's how.
Sometimes you have to struggle to a new height, away from the crowded ground level, to gain new vision.