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Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
The conversation about faith and sex that The Bachelorette sparked
And that conversation’s inevitable limits
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
The essential challenge of anti-Judaism in the Bible
Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.
by Greg Carey
My holy envy of other faith traditions
How my attraction to other religions deepened my love of my own
Convicted for taking water to thirsty people
The No More Deaths volunteers were imitating the logic of the incarnation.
March 6, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Often our spiritual practices are one more way we refuse to see that all is grace.
by Winn Collier
Flight into Egypt, by Giotto di Bondone
January 6, Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12 )
The wise men remind us that stargazing always involves politics.
by David Keck
Tastes of God’s kingdom at our church’s community meal
The people come, bringing something of themselves. Then they leave.
by Amy Frykholm
Civility is fraught. Jokes are better.
A well-placed wisecrack can pull the mighty down from their thrones.
God's love, our bodies
Turned toward one another in worship, we experience the grace of God's gaze.
The quiet Christian witness of A Rocha Canada
The evangelical group teaches farming, provides hospitality to newly arrived refugees, and watches the local salmon.
In Matthew, Jesus’ identity as king is the major source of conflict.
by Greg Carey
In Matthew, Jesus’ identity as king is the major source of conflict.
by Greg Carey
In Matthew, Jesus’ identity as king is the major source of conflict.
by Greg Carey